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FRASER, Alfred Hugh
(Service number 6/2622)

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Birth

Date 13/01/1891 Place of Birth Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 Age
Address at Enlistment Maltby Avenue, Timaru
Occupation Upholsterer, J. Ballantyne, Maltby Ave, Timru
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin J. Fraser (Father) Maltby Ave, Timaru
Religion Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date 14 August 1915
Transport Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns Egypt 1915-16, Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1916, Mudros (Lemnos) 1915, Western Europe 1916-18
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

Death

Date 4 September 1953 Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices Press, 5 September 1953, p1
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference General Section, Row 47, plot 400
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Alfred Hugh Fraser was the son of John and Elizabeth (née Kirby) Fraser. Alfred Fraser died on 4 September 1953 and was buried Timaru Cemetery.

Two brothers, George Albert Fraser and Walter Charles Fraser, also served in World War One.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015); SCRoll web submission by J Macdonald, 25 August 2024

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Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

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