FRASER, Walter Warwick
| Service Number: | 319 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1914, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Footscray State Schools Nos 1912 & 253 |
| Occupation: | Blacksmiths striker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Courtney’s and Steel's Post Cemetery Special Memorial 10, Courtney's and Steel's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Footscray Presbyterian Church Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 319, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 319, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 319, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 1 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 319, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Walter Warwick FRASER was born in 1895 in Footscray, Victoria
His parents were James FRASER and Eliza Jane WARWICK
He was serving in the Citizens Military Forces right up to the time he enlisted for WW1 on 10th September, 1914 - he embarked with the 14th Infantry Battalion, C Company on 22nd December, 1914 on the HMAT Ulysses
Walter was Killed in Action on 1st May, 1915 and is buried in Courtneys & Steels Post Cemetery (Special Memorial 10)
Inscription reads:
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Roll of Honour in Footscray, Victoria - he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal.
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His brother, William Arthur FRASER (SN12295) served in WW1 in the 10th Field Ambulance and was also Killed in Action on 1st August, 1918.
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