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FRASER, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 745 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1914, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW Attestation paper having enlisting with the 15th Battalion not the 17th Battalion |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Comba, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Bulahdelah, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Bulahdulah School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Machinist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bulahdelah District Roll of Honour WWI, Bulahdelah St. John's Anglican Church Great War Honour Roll, Bulahdelah War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 745, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW Attestation paper having enlisting with the 15th Battalion not the 17th Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 745, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 745, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 9 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 745, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 745 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Andrew and Eliza Fraser of Bulahdelah, New South Wales. Brother of Lydia N. Fraser
Father of ex-nuptial child Dulcie Fraser Willis of Coolongolook, NSW. Mother of child was given as Mary Ann Willis
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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