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FRASER, Alexander John
(Service number 78564)

Taiko Hall World War One plaque — Mounted inside the Taiko Hall, alongside a Second World War plaque. Photographed October 2014. (Courtesy of Clive Callow )

Taiko Hall (interior) — Showing the First and Second World War memorial plaques over the fireplace. (Courtesy of Clive Callow )

Aliases	Sandy
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	25 December 1897	Place of Birth	Waiau

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Rosewill, Timaru
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	A. FRASER (father), Rosewill, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	43rd Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles
Date	11 October 1918
Transport	Moeraki; transfer to Malta at Sydney
Embarked From		Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	10 January 1976	Age	78 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section
New Zealand Memorials	Tycho War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Alexander John Fraser, known as Sandy, was the son of Alexander and Eleri Jane (née Watters) Fraser. he attended Lyalldale School. Later, the 1915 Timaru Technical School has an entry for A J Fraser from Rosewill who was taking a course in sheep shearing. His age was given as 17 years.

Alexander married Rosewill Mabel Bain in 1929. Frasers Road in Rosewill Valley is named for this family.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [10 December 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [10 December 2018]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [10 December 2018]; Timaru Technical School Rolls (SCRoll web submission from J James, Mountainview High School, 15 April 2015)

External Links

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin, South Canterbury Museum; Teresa Scott, NZ brnach SCGS

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