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Military service
Service number:
902
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
New Richmond, Bonaventure
Enlistment:
January 4, 1915
Death:
September 22, 1915
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 4.
Additional information
Son of Hugh Henry and Lottie McWhirter, of Humbermouth, Bay of Islands, Newfoundland. Pte McWhirter was the first member of The Royal Newfoundland Regiment to be killed in the First World War.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 79 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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HILL 10 CEMETERY Turkey
Hill 10 is a low isolated mound on the north side of the Salt Lake, close to the sea shore, inland from Suvla Bay.
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