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Edwin Gordon Fraser

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Major Edwin Gordon Fraser with Prince Edward VII inspecting troops c.1916-1919. Image kindly provided by Warren Viscoe. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Major Edwin Gordon Fraser with Prince Edward VII inspecting troops c.1916-1919. Image kindly provide …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edwin Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Fraser AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Gordon AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 12/1019 AWMM
    • South African 5432 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 22 April 1888 Military personnel file Military Personnel File
    • 20 April 1882 Noel Smith Research Project
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW1 Pre 11 August 1916 AWMM Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • South African Pre 5 January 1902 AWMM Edward Street, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Rachel Theresa Fraser (wife), Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1909 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 11 August 1914 Military personnel file
      Age 32 AWMM Military personnel file
    • South Africa 5 January 1902 Military personnel file
      Age 20 AWMM Military personnel file
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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
    • 4 May 1915 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
      Wounded, slightly AWMM
    • 25 June 1915 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
      Cable advice has been received from Alexandria by Mrs. Fraser, Ascot Avenue, Remuera, that her husband, Captain E. G. Fraser, 3rd, Auckland Infantry Company, who was reported on June 15 to have been wounded a second time, is making good progress towards recovery. (Auckland Weekly News, 1 July 1915, p. 21) AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Margaret and John Thomas Fraser. Husband of Rachel Theresa (nee Gibson) Fraser.

    He served with the Volunteers 5 years (No. 3 Company Native Rifles; Newton Rifle Volunteers); in South Africa 7 months; and with the Auckland Regiment 15 years which includes his NZEF War service)

    His father was named John Thomas Fraser. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 21 October 1935 BDM, deaths; Headstone
      Age 53 AWMM
      Death notice
    • 21 October 1935 Noel Smith Research Project
      Age 54 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    St Faiths Churchyard AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 249, 21 October 1935, Page 1

    Obituary: Evening Post, 23 October 1935 AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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