Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Daniel Joseph McVeigh
In memory of:
Second Radio Officer Daniel Joseph McVeigh
January 14, 1945
Colombo, Ceylon
Military Service
30
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
SS Noranda Park (Montréal, Québec) (175592)
Additional Information
January 8, 1915
Barrie, Ontario
Son of Daniel Emmett McVeigh and Ann Averina Skelton of Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario.
On 9 December 1944, he was in the ship's sick bay suffering from a fever. Taken to hospital in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on the 12th, he died of smallpox at 8:40 pm on 14 January 1945 where he was buried.
Commemorated on Page 191 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Digital Collection
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Cenotaph – Barrie Cenotaph -
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Memorial Street – Barrie street named in honour of Second Radio Officer Daniel Joseph McVeigh with a poppy. -
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Memorial – This plaque, in the entrance foyer of St. Mary's Catholic Church, 65 Amelia Street, Barrie, Ontario, commemorates members of the parish who died in World War II. It includes the name of Joseph McVeigh. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2022.) -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Barrie Examiner c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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