David Winfield Shaw

Leading Radio Mechanic

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Stanley Eric and Kathleen Doris Shaw (nee Winfield), of New Plymouth, Taranaki.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Hecla, a destroyer tender, left Iceland bound for the Far East, but her journey was interrupted by an encounter with a German mine. On 15 May 1942 she struck one of 80 mines laid a month prior by the auxiliary minelayer Doggerbank amidships, killing 24 and wounding another 112 men. The worst of the damage was to her workshops and storerooms, scattering and destroying dozens of mines, torpedoes, and depth charges. Fortunately, none of these detonated. With her steering gear out of commission, the cruiser HMS Gambia towed Hecla to Simonstown, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa for repairs. [Wikipedia]

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Casualty

Service Number:

3168

Name:

David Winfield Shaw

Rank:

Leading Radio Mechanic

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Navy

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in Action

Date of Death:

15 May 1942

Day of Death:

Friday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Royal New Zealand Navy

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 5.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand