Francis William Drake

Service number: 14397

Rank: GunnerUnit: ASC

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Source: National Archives of Australia

Francis Drake was born at Petersham, son of William Drake. He became a master butcher. He enlisted on 5 February 1917 aged 30, and served in the ASC. He embarked on 2 August 1917 in the Miltiades.

He was reprimanded for being AWOL in September 1917. On 8 August 1918 he was badly wounded in the left foot. He returned to Australia on the Somerset in February 1919.