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Kenneth Brodie Fraser

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Portrait, Weekly News 1943 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Weekly News 1943 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Kenneth Brodie AWMM
  • Surname
    Fraser AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ909 AWMM
    • WWII NZD909 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs Enid Winifred Fraser (wife), 29 Heranui Street, Narrow Neck, North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Married/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ909 AWMM
    • WWII NZD909 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Samuel Edgar and Ellen Jane Fraser, of Auckland; husband of Edith Winifred Fraser.

    Attended King's College 1914-18.

    He was killed in a naval action in the Pacific. He was buried with others after a full inter-service funeral in the Naval area at Waikumete - it was the first occasion in the war that naval personnel killed in action had been buried in New Zealand.

    Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. NZ Herald 20 July 1943: Photograph in this edition.Also includes biographical paragraph. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    13 July 1943 AWMM
    Age 41 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Prot. Naval Area C, Row 1, Grave 1. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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