Service Details
Name:
 DRAKE
Given Name:
 JOSEPH RICHARD
Initials:
 J R
Service No:
 77422
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 2nd
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Date of Death:
 1942-11-28
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Date of Death 2:
 1942-11-29
Date of Birth:
 1906-10-09
Age:
 36
Cause of Death:
 Lost at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
Additional
Information:
Son of Alfred Charles and Hester Drake. Husband of Miriam Aletta Drake
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 130.

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