He was born in the year 1934 in Bertam Estate Penang, Malaysia.
He died on May 5, 1938 in louisestraat, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, he was 4 years old.
Boy burned Child played with matches in his bed. Last week Thursday a very fateful fire raged in the Louisestraat in Medan. A three-year-old boy named Willie Whelan, suffered serious injuries and had to be admitted to the municipal hospital. The boy died
The temperature on May 5, 1938 was between 1.4 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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