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Sergeant VERNON HEPBURN DRAKE

Service Number: 1196
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

30th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 June 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MORLANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2

B. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel Michael and Annie Irvin Drake. Native of Newtown, Tasmania.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

MORLANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 56
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