Whelan, James

 
James
Whelan
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Dodd's Lane, Wexford
Service No.
10514
Rank
1st Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died from pneumonia, at 3rd Canadian General Hospital
Other Biographical Details
The son of Patrick and Mary Whelan née Nolan. His father was a smith’s helper. The 1901 Census shows the family at 21 Temperance Row, Wexford. His father was then an ambulance driver. Children were Stasia (18), Myles (15), Mary Ellen (13), Denis (10), Esther (8), James, and Patrick (3). His mother died from bronchitis at Back Street, Wexford, 23.2.1910. By 1911 his father, a general labourer, was at 17 Duke Street, Wexford, and had another son Peter (6). James was then a messenger boy. He was stationed at Portobello Barracks, Dublin, when he married Anne Emmett at St Paul’s Church, Dublin, 3.7.1915. Widow at 19 Hendrick Street, Dublin.

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Date of Birth
Address
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Rank
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Date of Death
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Address
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Date of Death
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Date of Birth
Address
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Rank
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Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
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Date of Birth
Address
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Service No.
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Rank
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Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
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