John Joseph DRAKE

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DRAKE, John Joseph

Service Number:	50354
Enlisted:	29 January 1942
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 December 1923
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Holy Redeemer School Surrey Hills, Xavier College
Occupation:	Unemployed
Died:	Aircraft Accident, East Sale, Victoria, Australia, East Sale, Sale, Victoria, Australia, 23 February 1945, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Sale War Cemetery, Victoria Plot B Row C Grave 13
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Seaspray War Memorial, Trafalgar St John's "DRAKE" Memorial Plaque

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 50354
29 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
29 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 50354
23 Feb 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 50354, No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of James Patrick and Maria Victoria Drake, of Brighton.

KILLED IN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT
Mr. and Mrs. P. Drake, South rd, Brighton, have been advised that their only child, Sgt John Joseph Drake, has been killed in an aircraft accident. Sgt Drake was 21, and had completed three years' service with the RAAF in Darwin and other areas. He was educated at Holy Redeemer School, Surrey Hills, and Xavier College.

Ventura A59-9 of Number 1 Operational Training Unit crashed near the East Sale RAAF base in Victoria with all on board killed:

DAVEY, Killems Richards (LAC) 141547

DRAKE, John Joseph (Sergeant) BEM 50354

LORD, John James (Warrant Officer) 409158

McKAY, Alan Murray (Sergeant) 409479

ROBINSON, William Charles Thomas (Flying Officer) 415551

ROSALKY, Marcus (Flight Sergeant) 72799

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