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War Memorial
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Son of James FRASER and Mary nee WILSON

It is with regret that we have to chronicle the death of another of our residents, in the person of David Fraser, who has been an inmate of the Hospital for some time, and who passed away at the institution on Saturday morning last.

The late David Fraser was of Scottish descent and was born at Glasgow, on the 9th March 1885.  He came to Australian and joined his brothers, Jock and Simon, who were then farming at Cannon Valley, in 1911, and worked on the farm.  In 1916 he enlisted for active service in the A.I.F. and served with the army during the remainder of the Great War.  He returned to Proserpine after the war, but in later years  he suffered a good deal from the effects of gas poisoning., which has all the time been undermining his health. In latter months his condition became so bad that he was admitted to the District Hospital, where, as stated above, he passed away.

In the earlier years of Proserpine the late David Fraser took a prominent part in our local concerts, which were run for charities, and ungrudgingly did his bit in the entertainment line, and in those days could sing a good song.  Early hands will remember the peasing entertainments of those days when Dave and Simon Fraser and Mrs Simon Fraser contributed some very nice items.

The deceased was given a military funeral, the courtege moving from the District Hospital at 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon and was well attended.  The coffin was draped with the Union Jack and members of the Returned Soldiers' League acted as pall-bearers.  Rev. Colin Campbell (Presbyterain Chruch) rad the last sad rites at the graveside, after which Mr. W. Foxlee sounded The Last Post.