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Harry Franklin DRAKE

Regimental number6673
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButcher
AddressManly, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, W Drake, 36 Crescent Street, Manly, New South Wales
Enlistment date16 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Companies - Sept 1916 to Feb 1918 Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board R.M.S. Omrah on 17 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Tunnelling Company
FateReturned to Australia 8 September 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrother: 14397 Gunner Francis William DRAKE, 5th Division Trench Mortar Battery, returned to Australia, 4 December 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Date of death10 September 1972

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