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Alfred Hugh FRASER

Regimental number931
Place of birthNorth Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFisherman
Address170 Mounts Bay Road, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation42
Height5' 6.5"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Elizabeth Agnes Fraser, 170 Mounts Bay Road, Perth, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 July 1915
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death43
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 5), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Daniel and Plinda FRASER (nee POLLARD); husband of E.A. FRASER, 43 Canning Street, North Melbourne
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, ex-HMAT 'Geelong', 18 December 1915.

Found guilty, 24 April 1916, for being improperly dressed on guard mounting parade: awarded 1 extra guard.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Killed in action, 19 July 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, FRASER Alfred Hugh

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