Source: During research regarding 18th Battalion Association “Memory” regarding Lorenzo Kress.
Family Search: Private John William Drake was born on 25 February 1877, in England, United Kingdom. He married Emma Eliza Dally in 1901, in England. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Preston, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada for about 7 years. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 37, his occupation is listed as labourer in Preston, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He died on 5 February 1942, in London, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 64, and was buried in Preston, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 