Richard Henry DRAKE

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Service Number:	357
Enlisted:	5 June 1915, Hobart, Tas.
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	36th Heavy Artillery Group
Born:	Kempton, Tasmania, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Latrobe State School, Tasmania
Occupation:	Soldier (RAGA)
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	Ypres Reservoir Cemetery Plot I, Row F, Grave No, 75
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour

5 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 357, Siege Artillery Brigade, Hobart, Tas.
17 Jul 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 357, Siege Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 357, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
23 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, France
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 357, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 357 awm_unit: 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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