Francis George DRAKE

Regimental number42058
OccupationCoach driver
Next of kinWife, Mrs Nellie T Drake, Chamberlain Avenue, Mount Eden, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (1st Draft), E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Devon on 5 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 27 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records45
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 1 (Plot V, Row A, Grave No 40), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: T. Drake, 8 Chamberlain Avenue, Mount Eden, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 59, p. 14

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