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Ordinary Seaman

Charles Warren Whykes

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
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