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Rifleman JOHN POWSLAND OAKLEY DRAKE

Service Number: 39969
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Date of Death

Died 11 November 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PURUA PIONEER CEMETERY

New Zealand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Jessy Drake (nee Raper), and the late Richard George Drake. Born at Bristol, England. Served on the Western Front.
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