Charles McKenny DRAPER

DRAPER, Charles McKenny

    Service Number: 3304
    Enlisted: 20 July 1915, Gosford, NSW
    Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Waratah West, Newcastle, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Bank Clerk
    Died: Killed In Action, France, 6 August 1916
    Cemetery: Pozières British Cemetery
    IV N 19
    Memorials: Waratah Memorial Gates, West Maitland Superior Public School Honor Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    20 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3304, 13th Infantry Battalion, Gosford, NSW
    12 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3304, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
    12 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3304, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney
    6 Aug 1916: Involvement Second Lieutenant, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-08-06

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Eben Carter Draper and Emily Jane Draper, of Benevolent Home, Waratah, New South Wales.

    LIEUTENANT DRAPER.
    Matron Draper, Benevolent Home, Waratah, has received word that her youngest son, Lieutenant C. M. Draper, has been killed in action in France. He was only 20 years old, and was, prior to enlisting, employed in the Bank of Australasla, both in Newcastle and Maitland.
    He has two elder brothers fighting in France.

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