Douglas William Callow

Lieutenant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of William Bridson and Matilda Callow, of Wellington City.

References:

CWGC

Relatives Who Are Also Casualties:

Horace Callow, Brother, 21/07/1944

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

HMS Lightning was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 22 April 1940 and sunk on 12 March 1943 by German Motor Torpedo Boat S-55, off the Tunisian coast.

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Casualty

Name:

Douglas William Callow

Rank:

Lieutenant

Date of Birth:

07 August 1913

Place of Birth:

Wellington, New Zealand

Next of Kin:

Matilda Callow (mother), 15 Garfield Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Occupation on Enlistment:

Assistant Telegraph Engineer

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Lightning

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

12 March 1943

Day of Death:

Friday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

01 January 1970

Destination:

Ceylon

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 9.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand