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Gordon FRASER

Regimental number5090
Place of birthTamborine, Queensland
SchoolState School, Queensland
ReligionProtestant
OccupationSelector
AddressCairns, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinWife, Mrs M C Fraser, Malanda, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 November 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 October 1916
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death38
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialRidge Wood Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row Z, Grave No. 5), Voormezeele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
143
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary FRASER, Jaggan, Queensland. Native of Tambourine, Queensland
Other detailsWas killed while resting in a dugout with his mate when a grenade landed on them. His mate suffered wounds.
Place of burialRidgewood Military Cemetery, Voormezeele, Belgium. Plot 3, Row Z, Grave No. 5

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