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Sub-Lieutenant (A) JAMES WILLIAM DRAKE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.S. Peewit

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY

Compt. D. North Border, Grave 27.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of James Edward Ralph Drake and of Vera Fenella Drake (nee Palmer), of Howick, Auckland, New Zealand.
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ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY
Angus United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 75
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