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Drayson H J   Gunner  3216

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Drayson H J   Gunner  3216    Henry James         2 FAB    18    Carpenter    Single    R C        

Address:    Ascot Vale, Francis St, 31    

Next of Kin:    Drayson, W H, father, 31 Francis St, Ascot Vale    

Enlisted:    18 Sep 1914        

Embarked:     A30 Borda 22 Dec 1914    

 

Ascot Vale State School "Noble Deeds"

 

 

"Drayton, Henry James, Gunner.  born 10th July 1896, he enlisted 15 Sept. 1914 in the Artillery.  He served as a Gunner in the Howitzer Battery.   He went to Egypt, and thence to Gallipoli, where he took part in the landing on 25th April, 1915.  He was then sent to France and was gassed at Bullecourt.  After the war he became a farmer". 

 

 

 

Essendon Gazette 19 August 1915

 

Driver H. J. Drayson, of Ascot Vale, and Sergt. R. L. Jones, of Essendon, are reported to be ill.

 

 

Mentioned in this publication:

Smith E C Pte 1124 Mentioned in Letter in Essendon Gazette 20 Jan 1916.

 

 

War Service Commemorated

Ascot Vale State School

Ascot Vale SS Noble Deeds (Drayton) 

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours

Regimental Register

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