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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, Québec
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.
Digital gallery of Private Hugh Walter McWhirter
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Gravestone
Gravestone of Private Hugh Walter McWhirter, Hill 10 Cemetery, Turkey -
Monument
This is the monument located at Hill 10 on the north side of Salt Lake, Turkey. It was later commemorated by former Turkish President, Atatürk in 1934 -
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Biography
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Photo of HUGH WALTER MCWHIRTER
In memory of the men and women from Newfoundland who went away to war and did not come home. From the Rooms Archives and Museum St Johns Newfoundland. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women from Newfoundland who went away to war and did not come home. From the Rooms Archives and Museum St Johns Newfoundland. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of HUGH WALTER MCWHIRTER
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Memorial
Sculpture by Morgan MacDonald of First World War soldier Pte. Hugh McWhirter at Danger Tree site at Grenfell Campus of Memorial University. When Princess Anne made her royal visit to Corner Brook in late June 2016, she helped unveil the bronze sculpture.
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Private Hugh Walter McWhirter
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Walter McWhirter
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Walter McWhirter
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Walter McWhirter
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Walter McWhirter
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Walter McWhirter
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Walter McWhirter
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Walter McWhirter
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.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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