FRASER, Simon John
| Service Number: | 524 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Squadron Leader |
| Last Unit: | No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 December 1914 |
| Home Town: | Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 11 October 1942, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT R.B.6., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Black Rock Royal Melbourne Golf Club Honour Roll WW2, Melbourne Cricket Club WW2 Honour Roll, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Squadron Leader, 524 | |
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| 6 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 6 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 524 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Tragically, on 11 October, Squadron Leader Simon Fraser, the popular "A" Flight Commander, was killed in a jeep accident. He had been travelling with Flying Officer Ian Hay on the main road to Darwin, south of Batchelor. It was a shock to the Squadron; as the CO remembered "you expect to lose them in the air, not in a vehicle".
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Simon and Phyllis Hammond Fraser
Husband of Mary Fraser of Toorak, Victoria
Squadron Leader Simon John Fraser DFC 524 of Number 2 Squadron was killed in a Jeep accident at Darwin, NT - his death is referred to in the book “Highest Traditions - the History of 2 Squadron RAAF”
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