DRAPER, Eben Donovan
| Service Numbers: | 422, Q221909 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 May 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Allandale, NSW, 22 June 1889 |
| Home Town: | Waratah West, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Maitland High School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Hamilton, NSW, 3 August 1962, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park, Beresfield, New South Wales R S W 2 A/71 |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book |
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 422, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 422, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 422, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 3 May 1942: | Involvement Private, Q221909 | |
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| 3 May 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 3 May 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q221909 | |
| 21 Oct 1945: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Eben Carter & Matron Emily Jane DRAPER
Of Benevolent Home, Waratah, NSW
EBEN DONOVAN DRAPER, the son of Mr. Eben Carter Draper and Mrs. Emily Jane Draper, was born on 22nd June, 1889, at Allandale, New South Wales, and was educated at the Maitland High School.
He joined the staff of the Bank at Warialda on 30th July, 1907, and in the following month was transferred to Tamworth. In September, 1909, he was sent to Quirindi; in January, 1911, to the Bathurst Street (Sydney) Branch; in the following April, to Yerranderie, as assistant; in March, 1912, to Head Office; thence to Mosman in July, 1912; and to Rockdale in June, 1914.
He enlisted on 11th May, 1915, as a private in the 18th Battalion, A.I.F., and was promoted to corporal. Eben Draper served in Egypt, Gallipoli and France, taking part in the Battles of Pozieres, the Somme, and Bullecourt, amongst other engagements, up to the end of the war, and escaped both wounds and sickness. He received his discharge in September, 1919.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
DRAPER—MADDOCKS.—September 13, at Mosman Presbyterian Church, by Captain Chaplain D. J. Macdonald, Eben Donovan Draper (late A.I.F.), eldest son of late E. Draper and Mrs. Draper, of Waratah, to Muriel, eldest daughter of F. W. and H. E. Maddocks, of Mosman.
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