DRAPER, John
| Service Numbers: | 57, 57A |
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| Enlisted: | 21 January 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sandringham, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Memorials: | Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 57, 43rd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 57, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 57, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 2 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 57A, 10th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Fought at Hazebrouck |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
John Draper was born in Sandringham, Victoria in approximately 1897. In later years, John lived on William and Iodide Streets in Broken Hill, New South Wales. Louisa Draper was the only family member listed on John's service record. When John enlisted in the war, he listed his occupation as a grocer. John Draper was on the HMAT Afric that left Australia on 9 June 1916. He went to France in September 1916 to join the 10th Battalion.
He was sick in France on the 10th of November 1916, so he went to the hospital. The cause was put down as "exhaustion". After recovering in England he was in trouble for going AWL (in January 1917) before coming down with the mumps in March. He spent several more months in England before rejoining the 10th Battalion on 16th October 1917. He was again hospitalised twice in 1918.
John Draper did come back to Australia after the war had finished. No further details are known of his life.