Iris Frazer
Born 17 May 1915 - Died 17 Jan 2001
- Service number
- WWII 812634 AWMM
- WWII 200871 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Post WW2
- War
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Iris AWMM
- Surname
- Frazer AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWII 812634 AWMM
- WWII 200871 AWMM
- Gender
- Female AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Presbyterian, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 17 May 1915 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- WW2 Pre 20 Nov 1944 AWMM Public Hospital, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
- Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps/Civilian AWMM
- Next of kin
- WW2 Mrs D.E. Frazer (mother), PO Box 117, Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Mar 1945 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
- Italy AWMM
- 1946-1948 AWMM British Commonwealth Occupational Force, Japan AWMM
- 1945-1948 AWMM Jay-Force occupation of Japan post WW2 AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWII 812634 AWMM
- WWII 200871 AWMM
- Military service
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- 1940 AWMM
Place of Nursing training and date of qualification / registration AWMM - Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW2 20 Nov 1944 AWMM Nurse AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Sister Nominal Roll 15 New Zealand Army Nursing Service Nominal Roll 15 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
- Jayforce Sister Nominal rolls J-Force (R22440245) New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS) Nominal rolls J-Force (R22440245) British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) Japan, Main Body AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
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Last known rank
- Last rank
- Post WW2 13 Mar 1966 AWMM
Completion of Service AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Trained at Waikato Hospital. Registered Nurse, 1940.
Theatre Sister Opotiki hospital
Maternity, Bay of Islands Hospital, Kawakawa
Sister, Women's Surgical Ward, Whangarei Hospital
Joined NZANS December 1944
Frazer was with No.6 NZGH in Yamagauchi and Kiwa, Japan from March to August 1946 before returning to New Zealand.
Women's Surgical Ward, Whangarei Hospital
Middlemore Hospital
Australia (nursing)
Frazer joined the Regular Force, Waiouru, in 1951. She was part of the Coronation Contingent in 1953 and an Honourary Nursing Sister to the Governor General from 1963-1964. She ceased service in 1966, but, was part of Relief duties at Papakura Camp Hospital throughout 1969. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 17 Jan 2001 AWMM
Age 85 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
- Foxton Cemetery, Cnr Avenue & Hickford Roads, Foxton, Horowhenua, NZPublic - Susan - Researcher - 7 December 2025 - Find a Grave website
- Grave reference
- Block: RSA, Row: Ashes, Plot: 82Public - Susan - Researcher - 7 December 2025 - Horowhenua Council website - cemetery search
- Obituary
- Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, January 8, 2001. Section D, p. 18 AWMM
- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Jayforce: 75 Years On
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/jayforce
Further Reference - Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22440245
Sources Used - J Force Wikipedia Page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Force
Further Reference - Romano, G. (2021, March 4). Jayforce: 75 years on. Auckland War Memorial Museum – Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/jayforce
Further Reference - McNabb, S. (2022, April). New Zealand Army Nursing Service – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps. NZANS. Archived from the Wayback Machine on 26 January 2023.
https://web.archive.org/web/20230126100532/https://www.nzans.org/
Further Reference
- Jayforce: 75 Years On
- References
- New Zealand Military Nursing - A History of the R.N.Z.N.C. Boer War to Present Day
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 15: WW2 50 - The New Zealand Herald
Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, January 8, 2001. Section D, p. 18 - Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett.
- McNabb, S. (2015). 100 years New Zealand military nursing : New Zealand Army nursing service : Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, 1915-2015. Hawke's Bay, N.Z.: Sherayl McNabb.
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
p.50 - Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press.
- Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
p.108 - Coronation Medals 1953 - Nominal Roll. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R21681744)
- Parr, A. (2012). The occupiers : New Zealand veterans remember post-war Japan. Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin.
- McKinney, J. (1952). Medical units of 2NZEF in Middle East and Italy. Wellington, N.Z.: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Rogers, A. (2003). While You're Away: New Zealand Nurses at War 1899-1948. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland University Press.
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