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FRASER, Hugh
| Service Number: | 6997 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 October 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kilmaurs, Scotland, 2 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Kilmaurs primary school |
| Occupation: | Motorman |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6997, 10th Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 6997, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 6997, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 6997, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Saint Ignatius' College
Hugh Fraser was born on the 2nd of January, 1891 in Kilmaurs, Scotland. Fraser was the son of Mary Fraser and the father is unknown. He was 5'5ft tall, fair-skinned, brown hair and blue eyes.
When Hugh was the appropriate age to attend school in 1896, he enrolled in Kilmaurs primary school. In 1903, he finished his primary education at Kilmaurs and continued schooling in Kilmarnock academy, there he completed his schooling career and became a motorman.
On the 2nd of October 1916, Fraser was enlisted by the A.I.F to be a part of the 10th Infantry Battalion. The 10th battalion had been among the first infantry units during the First World War. The battalion was recruited in South Australia, and together with the 9th, 11th and 12th battalions, they formed the 3rd brigade of the 1st Australian Division.
Fraser reached France in June 1917, but missed the fighting at Ypres in the autumn due to being hospitalised by illness. He spent the remainder of the war in England either in hospital or in training depots in and around Sutton Veny.
The conclusion of World War I allowed Australian forces to return home. On March the 31st 1920, Hugh Fraser was disembarked from his battalion and returned home to Australia. Hugh Fraser had passed on an unknown date and was buried in Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia, Australia with his fellow soldiers.
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