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Joseph Ronald Drake

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 62), Page: 26 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 62), Page: 26 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM unknown AWMM
    • Pre 7 October 1939 AWMM Alexandra, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Labourer (Oysterman)/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs M.W. Drake (wife), C/o R. Bell, Mary Street, Port Chalmers, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs M. Drake (mother), 24 Barrow Street, Bluff, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 26 April 1917 AWMM Married AWMM
    • Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland AWMM
      Crete, Greece AWMM
      12 November 1941 AWMM
      Reported safe in Crete 18.5.41; POW status confirmed 2.6.41. AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Stalag 383 (previously Oflag III-C), Hofenfells, Bavaria AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Crete List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
      Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag 383 (previously Oflag III-C), Hofenfells, Bavaria 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    • 23886 AWMM
    • 2763 AWMM

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      4th Field Ambulance Hospital (15.4.40 - discharged 21.4.40) AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      New Zealand Military Hospital, United Kingdom 4.5.45 - Puttick and Crump Wings. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Mary Whittock (nee Bell) Drake married 1905

    Served in NZ in WWI with B. Company, from 9 September 1918. The details listed are that he was a Private, his Service Number was 88531, occupation : Fishmonger, and religion was Methodist. He was demobbed 23 November 1918.

    Rank last held was listed as Temporary Corporal AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 26 May 1970 AWMM
      Age 75 AWMM
      Dunedin, Otago AWMM
    • 26 May 1970 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 75 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Andersons Bay Cemetery, Tomahawk Road, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Block 20SF. Plot 2 AWMM
    • Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 20SF, Plot 2 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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