Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te tuakana o Christopher Vokes, ko Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Vokes, i whai wāhi nui ki te whakaekenga o
Ko Dieppe i te marama o Akuhata 1942. I te timatanga o te tau 1944 i tukuna ia ki Itari hei rangatira rangatira mo te 9th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Dragoons). I te 31 o Akuhata 1944 i whara kino ia i te pakanga ka mate ia i te hohipera mara i te 4 o Hepetema.