John Powsland Oakley Drake

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

John Powsland Oakley AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Drake AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 39969 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

29 Jul 1886

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 June 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133727924/john-powsland_oakley-drake

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Jessy Drake (nee Raper), and the late Richard George Drake

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 June 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133727924/john-powsland_oakley-drake

Uri kiritahi

A. Drake (brother), Aponga, via Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 39969 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 Bushman/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 14 Mar 1917-21 May 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 79 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

John Drake was the son of Jessy Drake (nee Raper), and the late Richard George Drake.

Next of Kin: Mr A. Drake, Aponga, Whangarei (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Matenga

11 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Urupā

Purua Pioneer Cemetery, Puketitoi Road, Whangarei District, New Zealand AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20998566
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643323/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643323
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  57: 29
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• HMNZT 79 - Our grins : just a souvenir of the 23rds -- [Capetown?] : [Magazine Committee] : [1917]