FRASER, Peter
| Service Number: | 880 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | National School |
| Occupation: | Mechanic |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Factory Corner, near Bapaume, France., 19 November 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers Special Memorial 17. Believed to be buried in this cemetery, AIF Burial Ground, Flers, Picardie, France, Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 880, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 880, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
24th Battalion, D Company, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 23 and the son of Peter Henry and Jane FRASER, 74 Kilcarrig Street, Bagenalstown, County Carlow, Ireland, sometime of Paulstown, Kilkenny, lreland.
Age on arrival in Australia 21
Address-Paulstown, Kilkenny, Ireland.
Enlistment date 23 March 1915
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/41/1
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Age at embarkation 21.
His eldest brother served with British Army . His brother Gunner Thomas Fraser, Service Number 140251 was Killed in Action 1st May 1918 whilst serving with 70th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery (Served as DILLON).His brother Martin also of the Royal Garrison Artillery, was wounded and gassed April 1918. His uncle William Fraser was killed in action 1915.
Peter is remembered on the Carlow Great War Memorial which stands in Leighlinbridge Memorial Garden, Milford Street, Leighlinbridge, County Carlow.
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