Joseph Aubin was born on September 22, 1923, the son of Wilfred Aubin and Stella Aubin, of Cemetery Road, Sarnia. Joseph was a member of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Parish. Prior to enlisting, Joseph was employed by the Sarnia Bridge Company as a steel-worker. Joseph, single at the time, enlisted in the Canadian Army in the spring of 1943. He became a member of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment R.C.I.C., arriving overseas in October of 1944. Only four months after arriving overseas, on February 24, 1945, Private Joseph Aubin would lose his life while fighting in Italy, at the very end of the Italian Campaign.
ln early March of 1945, Joseph’s parents, Wilfred and Stella in Sarnia, would receive a telegram from Ottawa informing them that their son, Pte. Joseph Leopold Aubin has died in Italy of wounds received in action. No other details were received. Joseph Aubin would later be officially listed as, Overseas casualty, Died of wounds received in action, in the field (Italy). In mid-March of 1945, a requiem high mass was celebrated in Our Lady of Mercy Church for the repose of the soul of Pte. Joseph Aubin. Twenty-one year old Joseph Aubin is buried in Ravenna War Cemetery, Italy, Grave V.G.4. On Joseph Aubin’s headstone are inscribed the words, Hear my unworthy prayer. Preserve me from all danger. Give my immortal soul a place among the chosen.
SOURCES: A, B, C, D, E, F, J, L, N, 2C, 2D