Charles Harold WHETTON

Regimental number23/2114
OccupationPainter
Next of kinMother, Mrs A E Whetton, Bute Street, Aramoho, Wanganui
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
E Company left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 47 Willochra and HMNZT 48 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 25 May 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialLa Plus Douve Farm Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No 3), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Binning Whetton and Ann E. Whetton, Peel Forest
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as WHITTON.
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 30