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Son of Peter Montrose Drake and Elizabeth Ann Drake.
Digital gallery of Private Peter Drake
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Private Peter Drake
Peter L. Drake, Private, Company "C", Lewis Field Gunner, 28th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment, 2nd Division, (b. June 29, 1888, Dunn Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada d. October 10, 1918, burial Niagara Cemetary, Nord, France, near the Village of Iwuy) Son of Elizabeth Ann Cowell and Peter Montrose Drake, Dunn Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. "Beloved Son, Brother and Friend"
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Private Peter Drake
Gravestone of Peter L. Drake, Niagara Cemetary (E-8) Nord, France (near the Village of Iwuy).
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Private Peter Drake
Peter L. Drake's World War I Canadian Infantry Medal "He Died for Freedom and Honor"
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Private Peter Drake
Private Peter L. Drake, Canadian Infantry, Saskatchewan Division, 28th Battalion
October 10, 1918
Battle of Iuwy
Niagra Cemetery
Iuwy, France
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Private Peter Drake
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 845 of 1076.
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Peter L. Drake, Private, Company "C", Lewis Field Gunner, 28th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment, 2nd Division, (b. June 29, 1888, Dunn Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada d. October 10, 1918, burial Niagara Cemetary, Nord, France, near the Village of Iwuy) Son of Elizabeth Ann Cowell and Peter Montrose Drake, Dunn Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. "Beloved Son, Brother and Friend"
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Gravestone of Peter L. Drake, Niagara Cemetary (E-8) Nord, France (near the Village of Iwuy).
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Peter L. Drake's World War I Canadian Infantry Medal "He Died for Freedom and Honor"
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Private Peter L. Drake, Canadian Infantry, Saskatchewan Division, 28th Battalion October 10, 1918 Battle of Iuwy Niagra Cemetery Iuwy, France
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 845 of 1076.
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Page 400 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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NIAGARA CEMETERY, IWUY Nord, France
Iwuy is a village approximately 8 kilometres north-east of Cambrai and NIAGARA CEMETERY, IWUY, is 1 kilometre south-east of the village.
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