Mr Joseph Thomas Wheat

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Name: Mr Joseph Thomas Wheat
Born in Rock Ferry Merseyside England
Age: 29 years
Last Residence: at 14 Cobden Gardens Southampton Hampshire England
Occupation: Assistant Second Steward
Last Ship: Olympic
Victualling crew
First Embarked: Belfast on Monday 1st April 1912
Rescued (boat 11)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912

Mr Joseph Thomas Wheat, 29, was born in Rock Ferry.

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(Daily Sketch 18 April 1912)

He was on board the Titanic for her delivery trip from Belfast to Southampton. When he signed-on again, in Southampton, on 4 April 1912, he gave his address as 14 Cobden Gardens, (Southampton). His last ship had been the Olympic. As Assistant Second Steward he received monthly wages of £8.

Wheat was rescued in lifeboat 11.

References and Sources
Agreement and Account of Crew (PRO London, BT100/259)
Particulars of Engagement (Belfast), Ulster Folk and Transport Museum (TRANS 2A/45 381)
Wreck Commissioners' Court, Proceedings before the Right Hon. Lord Mersey on a Formal Investigation Ordered by the Board of Trade into the Loss of the S.S. Titanic

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