FRASER, Arthur
| Service Number: | 1468 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Wellington, New Zealand, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cabinetmaker |
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World War 1 Service
| 19 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1468, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 22 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1468, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1468, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arthur Fraser was at the Landing on Gallipoli and served most of the campaign there apart from a cople of months when he was evacuated with a septic hand.
He was a later awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal for his work at Mouquet Farm in late August 1916. He was a member of the Scouting Platoon and spent entire nights on a number of daring patrols when the whole of No Mans Land was swept by machine gun and artillery fire. He displayed conspicuous gallantry.
He was most severely wounded at Bullecourt in April 1917, with a shrapnel wound to his face which fractured his cheekbone and another shrapnel wound to his left leg. He spent several months recovering at Bath in England and was sent home in July 1917. The reason given for his return to Australia was "overage". He was thought to be 43 years of age.
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