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Geoffrey Erle Fraser

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 245 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 245 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Geoffrey Erle AWMM
  • Surname
    Fraser AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 11/254 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Timaru Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 May 2023 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Son of Charlton Swain (Simon) & Mary Ann FRASER Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 May 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Takapu Street, Waipiro Bay, New Zealand AWMM
    • Shepherd for C M WILLIAMS of Waipiro Bay Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 May 2023 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    C.T. Fraser (brother), Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 11/254 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
    WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM
  • 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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Geoffrey Fraser was the son of Charlton S. and Minnie Fraser, of Timaru, New Zealand. His brother Capt. D. P. Fraser also fell. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 September 1915 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Malta, Mediterranean Sea AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Malta Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/geoffrey-erle-fraser
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta AWMM B. XIII. 5. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Troper G. E. Fraser (Wellington. Mounted Rifles), who is reported in today's list as wounded, left Gisborne with the main body. He was shepherding on Takapau station when he enlisted. He is 24 years of age, and is a Timaru boy. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 May 2023 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLII, ISSUE 13777, 1 SEPTEMBER 1915, PAGE 3
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 245 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
    • HMNZT 6. Orari tatler : a souvenir of the voyage of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force from Wellington to Alexandria, Oct. 16th-Dec. 3rd, 1914. (1915). [Cairo, Egypt]: Whitehead, Morris and Co. (Egypt) Ltd. AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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16 May 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
26 April 2018AllanRotoruaResearcher

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