FRASER, Gordon
(Service number 8//1238)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 25/09/1894 | Place of Birth | Christchurch |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | 39 Scott Street, Sydenham, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Tanner for Bowan Bros, Woolston | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Simon Fraser (Father), Leith St., Sydenham, Christchurch | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 2nd Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Otago Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 14 December 1914 | ||
| Transport | Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egypt 1915-16, Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1916, Mudros (Lemnos) 1915, Western Europe 1917-18 | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 19 May 1985 | Age | 90 |
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| Place of Death | Everil Orr Retirement Homes, Mt Albert, Auckland | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Ashes scattered at Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium Glen Eden, Auckland | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
W Rowland also commengted that Gordon also served in the second World War as "#12751 Sergeant, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Embarkation."
Sources
Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015); SCRoll web submission by W Rowland, 15 June 2026; (NZBDM death record # 1985/36622
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