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DRAKE, Harry Francis

Service Number:	TX6681
Enlisted:	20 January 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Division Signals
Born:	Currie, King Island, Tasmania, Australia, 4 January 1923
Home Town:	King Island, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Esperance, Western Australia, 13 September 2016, aged 93 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

20 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX6681
25 May 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signalman, TX6681, 7th Division Signals, From Cairns to Morotai; disembarked on 13 June 1945.
22 Jun 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signalman, TX6681, 7th Division Signals, From Morotai to Balikpapan; date of disembarkation not stated in Records.
23 Oct 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signalman, TX6681, From Balikpapan to Morotai; disembarked on 27 October 1945. 34 Brigade Signals.

Occupation Force Japan - BCOF Service

15 Feb 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signalman, TX6681, From Morotai to Japan; disembarked on 22 February 1946. 34 Brigade Signals.
11 May 1947:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signalman, TX6681, From Japan to Sydney; disembarked on 24 May 1947. 34 Brigade Signals.

World War 2 Service

3 Jun 1947:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX6681

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