Bruce FRASER

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Service Number:	6264
Enlisted:	7 June 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Papa Stour, Shetland, Scotland, 1895
Home Town:	Moulamein, Wakool, New South Wales
Schooling:	Papa Stour Public School, Shetland, Scotland
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 July 1918
Cemetery:	Borre British Cemetery Plot 11, Row C, Grave 25, Borre British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

7 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6264, Enlisted at Melbourne
11 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6264, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
11 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6264, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6264, Multiple gunshot wounds to the forehead and stomach at Menin Road

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Arrived in Australia aged 16 years

Son of Magnus Fraser of Biggins Papa Ptour, Shetland, Scotland. Friend of Mary McGregor of Yarra Junction, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

He enlisted in Melbourne at age 30.

Son of Magnus & Catherine Fraser, of Biggins, Papa Stour, Shetland.

Shetland's Roll of Honour: Page 28: Photo.He is remembered on the Papa Stour War Memorial.

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