DRAKE, Voss Duguid
(Service number 14081)
| First Rank | Lance Corporal | Last Rank | Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 18/08/1893 | Place of Birth | Dunedin |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | North Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Carrier | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs Elizabeth Drake (mother), 217 North Street, Timaru, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 5th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company | ||
| Date | 26 June 1916 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Devonport, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Regiment | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 4 June 1967 | Age | 73 years |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
"He was in business as a carrier before he volunteered and entered the NZ Army in 1915 (I believe) ... He shipped to England and France, and served on the battlefields of the Western Front as a sniper until he was severely gassed which also caused temporary blindness. He was hospitalised in Torquay, England, until he returned to New Zealand." - SCRoll web submission, D Drake
Voss Duguid Drake was the fifth son of Edward and Eliza (née Allan) Drake.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [15 December 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [15 December 2016]
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Researched and Written by
Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)
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