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DRAKES, Michael Ben
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX5954 |
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Enlisted: | 29 June 1940 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Lincoln, England, 29 June 1919 |
Home Town: | Busselton, Western Australia |
Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 23 October 1942, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery Grave Reference/ Panel Number: XVI. A. 17. , El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square |
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World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement WX5954 | |
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29 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Corporal, WX5954, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion | |
29 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, WX5954, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
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