FRASER, William George
(Service number 21810)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 03/02/1895 | Place of Birth | Rotherham, North Canterbury |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Lyalldale, St Andrews | ||
| Occupation | Farm labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | J. FRASER (father), Lyalldale, St Andrews, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 16th Reinforcements, J Company | ||
| Date | 20 August 1916 | ||
| Transport | Navua | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 17 August 1956 | Age | 61 years |
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| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
William George Fraser was the Youngest son of James and Sarah Long Stafford Fraser. He left Timaru with the South Canterbury quota of the 16th Reinforcements on 3 May 1916. He married Minnie Elizabeth Marshall in 1921.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [19 May 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 May 2019]; Timaru Herald, 2 May 1916 (Papers Past) [02 August 2016]
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