Military service
Service number:
435680
Age:
24
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
50th Bn
Birth:
December 5, 1892
Placentia, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment:
September 3, 1915
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
April 25, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. E. 12.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Mary Whelan, of Jersey Side, Placentia, Newfoundland.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Patrick John Whelan
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Photo de Patrick John Whelan
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Pierre Tombale
Photo of his grave in France. Note the reference to him being from Newfoundland (which was not part of Canada at that time) -
From the Newfoundland Canadian Legion Veterans' Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
From the Newfoundland Canadian Legion Veterans' Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Patrick John Whelan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Patrick John Whelan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Patrick John Whelan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 132 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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