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| (1925-1993) son of Arthur Samuel Rake and Clara Lillian Phibbs |
George William RAKE was born on 28 November 1925 in Erskineville, NSW, Australia the only son of my paternal great grandparents, Clara Lillian PHIBBS and Arthur Samuel RAKE who were married on 24 Dec 1915 at St. Pauls, Sydney. George's father passed away when George was just 7 years old.
George enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force Service on 4 Jan 1944 shortly after his 18th birthday. He did his basic training at Tocumwal, NSW and served at Cootamundra, NSW; Batchelor, NT; Morotai, Indonesia and Balikpapan, Borneo.
He was discharged 16 May 1946 as Leading Aircraftman with 24 Squadron. He was awarded the Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945 and the Australia Service Medal 1939-1945.
Upon his return from the war, George changed his name to Carl Drake. The clerk had a sense of humour!
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| Cover of George's War Service Record National Archives of Australia |
Upon his return from the war, George changed his name to Carl Drake. The clerk had a sense of humour!
He was an entomologist and a musician.
He married Rhoda Ada BEAVIS in 1956 in Chatswood, New South Wales.
George died on 12 November 1993 at the age of 67, and was buried in Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney, New South Wales.
Lovely Vicki. I read them all. Do you know why he changed his name?
ReplyDeleteThanks Lillian. We don't really know why he changed it, but believe it was to do with his musical career as a sax player, that Drake sounded better than Rake!
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