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Edward Sladen FRAZER

Regimental number2997
Date of birth26 July 1889
Place of birthRochester, Victoria
SchoolSt Peters College, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressGoulburn, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, William Edward Frazer, Bank of NSW, Head Office, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name60th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/77/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 3 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularJoined the Bank of New South Wales, North Sydney branch, July 1909. transferred to Southern branch, Sydney, October 1909; to Moree branch, August 1910; to Armidale branch, August 1911; to Goulburn branch, June 1914 (ledger-keeper from August 1914).
FateDied of wounds 28 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death27
Place of burialPernois British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
169
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, Bullecourt, May 1917; invalided to England.

Mortally wounded by machine gun fire, Villers Bretonneux, 26 April 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Sources'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 133.

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