Regimental number | 717 |
Place of birth | Liverpool, England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Cook |
Address | Aintree, Liverpool, England |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 31 |
Height | 5' 3.75" |
Weight | 126 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Jane Fraser, 27 Warbeckmoor, Aintree, Liverpool, England |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 19th Battalion, B Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Ceramic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 18th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | Name recorded on Nominal Roll as Bert Dabyyell FRASER. |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 16 August 1915. Transferred to 5th Brigade Headquarters from B Company, 19th Bn, 10 November 1915. Disembarked Alexandria from Mudros, 9 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 March 1916. Transferred to 18th Bn, 1 January 1917. Appointed Corporal, 2 January 1917. Admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance, 10 March 1917 (debility); transferred to 7th Australian Field Ambulance, 11 March 1917; discharged to duty, 25 March 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 26 March 1917. Detached for duty with 5th Infantry Brigade Headquaters, 2 January 1917. On leave to United Kingdom, 23 February 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 12 March 1918. On leave, 1 December 1918-15 January 1919. Returned to 18th Bn, 1 February 1919. Marched out to England, 2 February 1919, for return to Australia. Admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Sutton Veny, 17 February 1919 (tonsilitis); marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, from hospital, 7 April 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Leicestershire, 3 May 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 21 June 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 8 September 1919. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Death attributed to war service. |
Miscellaneous details | Surname entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as FRAZER; next of kin incorrectly entered as Warbeckman, Aintree, Liverpool, England. |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FRASER Bert Dalzell |