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George Arthur FRASER

Regimental number2414
Place of birthPort Wakefield, South Australia
SchoolProtestant
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressPort Wakefield, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Christina Fraser, Fair View Farm, Port Wakefield, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name48th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/65/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 28 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateDied whilst a Prisoner of War 1 May 1917
Place of death or woundingCorbeheim, France
Age at death24.11
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialCorbenhem Communal Cemetery, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
145
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Donald and Christina FRASER
Family/military connectionsCousins: 5456 Pte Roy Rutherford KNEALE, 10th Bn, killed in action, 9 October 1917; 5457 Pte William John KNEALE, 10th Bn, returned to Australia, 10 September 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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