Alan Fraser FRY

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Service Number:	1340
Enlisted:	14 December 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lewisham, New South Wales, 28 January 1895
Home Town:	Lindfield, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Chatswood & Lindfield Public Schools
Occupation:	Super cargo
Died:	Died of wounds, Sausage Valley, Pozieres, France, 14 August 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V11, Row C, Grave 2 , Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll

14 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
6 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1340, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
6 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1340, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
14 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1340, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1340 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-14

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Alan Fraser FRY was born in 1895 in Lewisham, Sydney NSW

His parents were James Arthur B FRY and Caroline Fraser McMANAMEY

He enlisted on 14 Dec 1914 with the 13th Battalion

Unit embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Ballarat on 06 Sep 1915

Alan died of wounds on 14 Aug 1916 in the Somme, France aged 21 and a half years

His brother 4992 Pte. Dene Barrett FRY (/explore/people/306355) also enlisted and was killed in action in France on 9th Apr 1917

His uncle Major James Whiteside Fraser McMANAMEY (/explore/people/377473) 19th Battalion was killed in action at Gallipoli on 5th Sep 1915