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DRAKE, Francis Alban
(Service number 52587)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	24 January 1895	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Clandeboye, Canterbury
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs F. A. DRAKE (mother), Clandeboye, Canterbury
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements G Company (part)
Date	12 June 1917
Transport	Tahiti or Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Engine driver

Death

Date	12 September 1965	Age	70 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 263, Plot 83
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Francis alban Drake, born on 24 January 1895 at Temuka, was the younger son of Francis alband and Ann Grace (née Winter) Drake.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [19 March 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [20 March 2017]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [19 March 2017]

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