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Arthur FRASER

Regimental number3744
Date of birth1 June 1892
Place of birthGladstone Road, South Brisbane, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBank clerk
AddressBeaconsfield Terrace, Gladstone Road, South Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs A J Fraser, Beaconsfield Terrace, Gladstone Road, South Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date19 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 30 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 3 July 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Queensland Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date3 October 1917 - Brisbane, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 200 Lance Sergeant Andrew Kinross FRASER, 31st Bn, killed in action, 20 July 1916; Brothers-in-law: 3688 Francis William BAUNACH MM, 15th Bn, returned to Australia, 22 July 1917.
Other details

Enlisted at Bundaberg, Queensland

Served two years 46 days (one year 275 days of which were spent abroad)

Discharged medically unfit (had left leg amputated after receiving a gunshot wound while on active service at Ypres, Belgium)

Returned to Australia on board 'Karoola' arriving in Australia on 29 August 1917
Date of death3 October 1948
Age at death56
Place of burialMt Thompson Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland

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