DRAKE, John Joseph
Service Number: | 50354 |
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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 | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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