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ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War II
Yarmouth Connections
Stillman Elton Sisco
Rank:
Private
Service No:
G/57533
Regiment/Service:
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Date of Birth:
October 31, 1923
Place of Birth:
Yarmouth, NS
Date of Enlistment:
August 6, 1943
Place of Enlistment:
Fredericton, NB
Age at Enlistment:
19
Height: 5 feet, 4 inches
Address at Enlistment:
Yarmouth, NS
Trade:
Steward
Employment at Enlistment:
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company, St. John, NB (1year, 7 months)
Martial Status:
Single
Religion;
United Church of Canada
Next of Kin:
Mrs. Beatrice O’Connell (Mother) Yarmouth NS
Stillman was the son of George E. Sisco, and of Beatrice J. Sisco, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. He completed his
basic training at No.70 CABTC between August 19, 1943 and and November 15, 1943. He completed his
advanced training on January 18, 1944. He served with the 1st Battalion Rocky Mountain Rangers between May
3, 1944 and July 19, 1944. He then joined the South Saskatchewan Regiment July 20, 1944 and embarked in
France on July 25, 1944. He was killed in action on August 8, 1944, the result of shrapnel. His military record
show he served in Canada between April 24, 1944 and May 25, 1944; in the United Kingdom between May 26,
1944 and July 24, 1944; and in Northwest Europe (France) between July 25, 1944 and August 8, 1944.
Date of Death:
August 8, 1944
Cemetery:
BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (Calvados, France)
Grave Reference:
VII. H. 3.
The 102nd name on the WWII list of the Yarmouth War Memorial
(Siscoe on the Yarmouth War Memorial)
Commemorated on page 444 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on September 25
Sources and Information:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Veterans Affairs Canada
Stillman Elton Sisco