Regimental number | 2025 |
Place of birth | Macorna, Victoria |
School | Macorna State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Motor mechanic |
Address | Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 31 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Mary Fraser, Ringwood, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Air Mechanic |
Unit name | June 1917 Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 8/15/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Drowned off Corfu Island on flight to Australia. |
Fate | Died as a result of accident |
Place of death or wounding | Corfu Island |
Age at death | 38 |
Place of burial | Aeroplane accident at sea |
Commemoration details | Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, England |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 188 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in White Hills Cemetery, Victoria. Inscription on family headstone reads: ' ... drowned at sea while flying home from England with Captain HOWELL in a Martinsyde Aeroplane, aged 39. Plane found floating in the sea 15 miles from Corfu Island on December 9 1919'. Parents: Robert (d. 27 March 1894, aged 46; bu. White Hills Cemetery) and Mary FRASER (d. 15 March 1937, aged 92; bu. White Hills Cemetery) |