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William Arthur FRASER

Regimental number171
Place of birthCliffe England
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressPeople's Palace, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinWife, Mrs Nellie Fraser, St Roans, Windemere Road, Hamilton, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date28 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name41st Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateEffective abroad (still overseas)
Medals

Distinguished Service Order

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When his platoon was checked by a machine gun he located it, and accompanied only by his runner, attacked the dug out from the rear, killed ten men, and captured twenty others, together with the machine gun.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 150
Date: 24 September 1918

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