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Francis Herbert (Frank) Drake (1868-1939) ironworker, trade unionist and socialist activist
Birth: 29 August 1868 in Pimlico, London, England, son of Charles Drake (1838-1898), scripture reader, grocer, later an insurance agent, and Caroline Zelia Ford Stokes, née Horn (1842-1879). Marriage: 23 December 1889 at Bethel House, in Sydney, New South Wales, with Congregational forms, to Eliza Margaret Kingston. They had three daughters and a son. Death: 6 November 1939 in Glebe, Sydney. Religion: Anglican [described as “Secularist” on passenger list].
Sources
Robert Murray and Kate White, The ironworkers: a history of the Federated Ironworkers’ Association of Australia (Sydney, c 1982); R. Sharpe MA thesis, 2003; Ironworker, 1 Dec 1939; Labor News, May 1961.
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29 August,
1868
London,
Middlesex,
England
6 November,
1939
(aged 71)
Glebe, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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