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- [S6] Find A Grave.
memorial # 152181181
- [S5] Canadian War Records.
Joseph Michael Whalen
in the Canada, WWII Service Files of War Dead,
Name: Joseph Michael Whalen
Birth Date: 15 Jan 1921
Birth Place: Kirkfield, Ontario, Canada
Residence Place: Kirkfield, Ontario
Death Date: 20 Nov 1942
Service Number: C65092
Regiment: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Rank: Rifleman
Next of Kin: Agnes Whalen
Relationship: Mother
- [S7] obituary.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whalen, Kirfield have received the sad
intelligence that their only son Pte. Joseph Whalen died of
diptheria in a Japanese prison camp. Pte Joseph Whalen, 17 yrs.
of age enlisted with the 1st Midland Regiment at the outbreak
of the war and was with the Quebec Rifles when Hong Kong fell
to Japan. He was prisoner at that time. The Post joins with the
many friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved.
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