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Andrew Kinross FRASER

Regimental number200
Place of birthBaynes Street, Highgate Hill, South Brisbane
Place of birthBrisbane, Queensland
SchoolNormal School and South Brisbane State School, Queensland
Other trainingTechnical College, South Brisbane, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
AddressGladstone Road, Highgate Hill, South Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 5.5"
Weight135 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Anne Jane Fraser, Gladstone Road, Highgate Hill, South Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in School Cadets.
Enlistment date7 July 1915
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name31st Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/48/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 9 November 1915
Two ships sailed from Melbourne carrying men from the 31st Battalion Headquarters and Companies A, B, C, and D: HMAT A62,'Wandilla', on 9 November 1915, and HMAT A41, 'Bakara', on 5 November 1915.
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll31st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular

'Was with Battalion from its inception. Served in Egypt for six months then went to France and participated in the 5th Division's first stunt around Armentieres on 19-20 July 1916' Details supplied by Mrs Anne Fraser (mother) of 133 Gladstone Road, South Brisbane

FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France
Date of death20 July 1916
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialAnzac Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 7), Sailly-Sur-La-Lys, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
118
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Anne Jane Fraser, 133 Gladstone Road, South Brisbane, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3744 Pte Arthur FRASER, 15th Bn, returned to Australia, 3 July 1917; Brother-in-law: 3688 Lance Corporal Francis William BAUNACH MM, 15th Bn, returned to Australia, 22 July 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 9 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 7 December 1915.

Admitted No 8 Field Ambulance (A Section), Roadhead North, 13 April 1916 (enteritis); discharged to unit, 17 April 1916, and rejoined unit, Duntroon Plateau the same day.

Appointed Lance Sergeant, 30 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Killed in action, 20 July 1916.

Buried New Cemetery, Sailly sur-La-Lys, by Reverend W. Meredith Holliday, 20 July 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsMother's address subsequently Forrest Street, Moorooka, near Brisbane, Queensland
SourcesNAA: B2455, FRASER Andrew Kinross

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