James Edward FRASER

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Service Number:	1715
Enlisted:	24 May 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lilydale, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Yering, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	State School Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Vigneron
Died:	Accident - run over by a tram, Base Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 November 1915
Cemetery:	Lilydale Lawn Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian Section, Row I, Grave 35, Lilydale Cemetery, Lilydale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coldstream & Yering War Memorial, Lilydale Presbyterian Church Great War Honour Roll

24 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1715, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 1715, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 1715, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne

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Son of James Fraser of Yeringa Vineyard, Yeringa, Victoria.

7 September 1915 - returned to Australia on board HS Beltana invalided from Suez with kidney stone disembarking at Melbourne on 13 October 1915

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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