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Military service
Service number:
1156
Age:
24
Rank:
Seaman
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve
Division:
H.M.S. "Bayano".
Death:
March 11, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William and Alfreda Whalen, of Caplin Cove, Random, Trinity Bay.
Digital gallery of Seaman Simeon Whalen
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Photo of SIMEON WHALEN
In memory of the men and women from the Clarenville, Newfoundland area who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the Clarenville Legion (Branch 27) for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Picture of Simeon Whalen
Son of William and Alfreda Whalen of Caplin Cove, Newfoundland. -
Grave marker
Grave marker of Simeon Whalen, found in the United Church Cemetery, Caplin Cove, Newfoundland. -
Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
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Entrance
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Inscription on Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
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Grave marker
A marble shaft at United Church cemetery, Caplin Cove, NL was erected by the Whelan family in memory of Simeon Whelan, a local man killed during the First World War. Photo Credit: W.T. Meadus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [front/devant] IN MEMORY OF SIMEON, SON OF WM.T. AND ELEPIDA WHELAN. DROWNED FROM H.M.S. BAYANO. MAR. 11TH 1915. AGED 24 YEARS AWAY FROM FRIENDS AND RELATIONS ALL. I'M LEFT ALONE TO WAIT MY CALL. WHEN THAT CALL COMES I HOPE TO SEE, ALL MY FRIENDS IN ENDLESS GLORY http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2098
Digital gallery of
Seaman Simeon Whalen
Digital gallery of
Seaman Simeon Whalen
Digital gallery of
Seaman Simeon Whalen
Digital gallery of
Seaman Simeon Whalen
Digital gallery of
Seaman Simeon Whalen
Digital gallery of
Seaman Simeon Whalen
Digital gallery of
Seaman Simeon Whalen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 129 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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