Charles Warren Whykes

Ordinary Seaman

Conflict:

WW2

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

HMT Drummer, a trawler converted for minesweeping, hit a German mine in the Thames Estuary on the night of 4th August 1940. His remains were not recovered. Another NZ'er, AB W.G.Perry was wounded.

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Casualty

Service Number:

C/5476

Name:

Charles Warren Whykes

Rank:

Ordinary Seaman

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HM Trawler Drummer

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Missing, believed drowned.

Date of Death:

04 August 1940

Day of Death:

Sunday

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 12.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand