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DRAPER, Frederick William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5872 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 April 1916, Place of enlistment - Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Querrieu British Cemetery, Picardie Row B, Grave 16, Querrieu British Cemetery, Querrieu, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Honour Roll, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5872, 11th Depot Battalion, Place of enlistment - Rockhampton, Queensland | |
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| 29 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Tunnelling Companies | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 5872, Tunnelling Companies, Embarked on HMAT ' A38' Ulysses from Melbourne on 25th October 1916 making landfall on 13th November 1916 at Durban, South Africa then on 19th November 1916 at Cape Town. Sierra Leone was the next port of call but their departure was delayed until 14th December 1916 as it was not safe to proceed further. Disembarked at Plymouth, England on 28th December 1916 after 65 days at sea, | |
| 9 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, Tunnelling Companies, Proceeded to France from Folkestone, England | |
| 17 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion | |
| 17 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 3 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5872, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5872 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Joseph and Emma DRAPER. Married May McGraw on 8th June 1916.