FRASER, Roy Newport
| Service Number: | 3059 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 March 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, March 1893 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Heidelberg Scots' Presbyterian Church Memorial Window WW1, Heidelberg Scots' Presbyterian Church Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3059, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 19 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3059, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3059, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 1 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 37th Infantry Battalion |
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Awarded the Military Medal (www.awm.gov.au);
"On the 4th October 1917, east of Ypres, he displayed conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in action. After capturing a German Officer, he signal handed rushed a Machine Gun position, and killed the crew and captured the gun. He organised mopping up parties and throughout showed great ability as a leader and coolness on all occasions..."
Enlisted: 9th March 1916.
Served for 18 months in Militia, with the rank of Lieutenant before joining the AIF.
Appointed Acting Sergeant 19th Febuary 1917.
Marched in from Australia to 10th Training Battalion, England on the 26th April 1917.
Reverted from Sergeant back to Private on the same day.
Leaves 12 Camp Durrington, England for France on the 25th June 1917.
Taken on strengthin in the field to the 37th Infantry Battalion on the 14th July 1917.
Appointed to Lance Corporal on the 1st August 1917.
Missing in Action, 12 October 1917.
War service: France and Beligum.
Service Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents: James Newport and Caroline FRASER; husband of Muriel P. FRASER, Ivanhoe, Victoria. Native of Ivanhoe