Identity
Title
Forenames
Alexander AWMM
Surname
Fraser AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
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WWI 3/3044 AWMM
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Rohe
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Miss Sydney Fraser (sister), Bull's, New Zealand AWMM
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Medical notes
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Gassed at Paschendaele AWMM - Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
, gas AWMM
Biographical information
Alexander Fraser was the son of Donald Fraser.
"On leaving School in 1894, immediately undertook the management of his father’s farm, ‘Pukehou,’ at Bulls, where he was born. He later purchased a portion of the Raumai estate and worked it in conjunction with Pukehou. He was regarded as one of the hardest workers in the district; at the same time he was always recognised as one of the most cheerful, though a great ‘stay at home.’ He enlisted as a private in the Medical Corps, and left this country with the 25th [sic] Reinforcements. In France, he was badly gassed on October 12th, 1917, succumbing two days later without gaining consciousness. Letters from the front speak of the excellent work he did under the most arduous conditions. He was buried at Remy military cemetery." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School]) AWMM
Death
Death
14 October 1917 AWMM
Age 41 AWMM
AWMM
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Cemetery
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXI.C.1A. AWMM
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Processing
Sources
External links
Documents
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
57: 26 AWMM - In Memoriam, 1914-1918. (1919).Wanganui, N.Z.: Collegiate School. AWMM
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM
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