In Memory Of
WHEELER, CHARLES WALTER FREDERICK
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
14324
Rank:
Corporal
Regiment:
Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-11-28
Date of Death 2:
1942-11-29
Cause of Death:
Lost at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 124.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
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