F54863 Sgt Haley, John James enlisted with The Cape Breton Highlanders. He joined the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders during the Italian campaign. Records show him with the battalion for the 11 to 13 March 1945 transfer from Leghorn in Italy to Marseilles France when the 1st Canadian Division  moved through France to participate in the final liberation of the Netherlands. Born in New Aberdeen, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and died at the age of 38 in Amherst, Cumberland Nova Scotia. On his headstone is engraved “Served overseas with 48th Highlanders”. (more research required).