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FRASER, Claude Archibald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 58198 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 January 1918, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 21 August 1899 |
| Home Town: | Redcliffe, Moreton Bay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 8 June 1988, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland PLOT 8-40-30/31 |
| Memorials: | Redcliffe Humpybong Roll of Honor, Woody Point Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jan 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 58198, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 4 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, 58198, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1918: | Embarked Private, 58198, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, HMAT Bakara, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
At the time of his enlistment in 1918 Claude was single and a student. His father William Ernest Fraser had died and his mother, Mary Leslie Frost, had since married Thomas Armour Clark. Mary and Thomas Clarke lived at Moreton Vista, Redcliffe. Claude married Marjorie Gladys Leitch in 1925. He had a small shop at Redcliffe before moving to Bardon in Brisbane. Claude operated the first self-service shop in Australia, the Brisbane Cash and Carry Store, in 1923.
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