~~~~~~FRASER, Ronald Angus, Australian Military Force, AMF, Army, World War Two Service~~~~~~~
Parents:-- William Symon Fraser and Alice Victoria Studd married 1904 in Victoria.
Australian Army Service No:--- NX68894
Religion:--- Church of England
Trade/Calling:--- Labourer
Martial Status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr William Fraser, "Pinedale" Boggabri, New South Wales.
Enlisted:--- 5th March 1941 at Paddington, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Posting:--- Australian Infantry,1 Independant Company, Lark Force.
Fate:--- Died at sea aboard the Japanese prisoner of war transport vessel, Montevideo Maru in the South China Sea on 1st July 1942, when it was sunk by American submarine USS Sturgeon.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea.
Commemorated:--- Panel 13, Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial
Commemorated :--- Australian Commando Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial.
Details of death:--- Private Fraser enlisted on 5th March 1941 and served in New Britain. Following the Japanese invasion of January 1942, he was taken prisoner of war (POW) and held at Rabaul. On 22 June 1942, Private Fraser was one of an estimated 845 POWs and 209 civilians who embarked from Rabaul aboard the Japanese transport ship MV Montevideo Maru. The POWs were members of 2/22 Battalion, No. 1 Independent Company, and other units of Lark Force. Civilians included officials of the New Guinea Administration and missionaries. The ship sailed unescorted for Hainan Island. On 1 July 1942 all the prisoners died when the Montevideo Maru was torpedoed by a US Navy submarine, USS Sturgeon, off the coast of Luzon Island in the Philippines.
Parents:-- William Symon Fraser and Alice Victoria Studd married 1904 in Victoria.
Australian Army Service No:--- NX68894
Religion:--- Church of England
Trade/Calling:--- Labourer
Martial Status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr William Fraser, "Pinedale" Boggabri, New South Wales.
Enlisted:--- 5th March 1941 at Paddington, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Posting:--- Australian Infantry,1 Independant Company, Lark Force.
Fate:--- Died at sea aboard the Japanese prisoner of war transport vessel, Montevideo Maru in the South China Sea on 1st July 1942, when it was sunk by American submarine USS Sturgeon.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea.
Commemorated:--- Panel 13, Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial
Commemorated :--- Australian Commando Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial.
Details of death:--- Private Fraser enlisted on 5th March 1941 and served in New Britain. Following the Japanese invasion of January 1942, he was taken prisoner of war (POW) and held at Rabaul. On 22 June 1942, Private Fraser was one of an estimated 845 POWs and 209 civilians who embarked from Rabaul aboard the Japanese transport ship MV Montevideo Maru. The POWs were members of 2/22 Battalion, No. 1 Independent Company, and other units of Lark Force. Civilians included officials of the New Guinea Administration and missionaries. The ship sailed unescorted for Hainan Island. On 1 July 1942 all the prisoners died when the Montevideo Maru was torpedoed by a US Navy submarine, USS Sturgeon, off the coast of Luzon Island in the Philippines.
~~~~~~FRASER, Ronald Angus, Australian Military Force, AMF, Army, World War Two Service~~~~~~~
Parents:-- William Symon Fraser and Alice Victoria Studd married 1904 in Victoria.
Australian Army Service No:--- NX68894
Religion:--- Church of England
Trade/Calling:--- Labourer
Martial Status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr William Fraser, "Pinedale" Boggabri, New South Wales.
Enlisted:--- 5th March 1941 at Paddington, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Posting:--- Australian Infantry,1 Independant Company, Lark Force.
Fate:--- Died at sea aboard the Japanese prisoner of war transport vessel, Montevideo Maru in the South China Sea on 1st July 1942, when it was sunk by American submarine USS Sturgeon.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea.
Commemorated:--- Panel 13, Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial
Commemorated :--- Australian Commando Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial.
Details of death:--- Private Fraser enlisted on 5th March 1941 and served in New Britain. Following the Japanese invasion of January 1942, he was taken prisoner of war (POW) and held at Rabaul. On 22 June 1942, Private Fraser was one of an estimated 845 POWs and 209 civilians who embarked from Rabaul aboard the Japanese transport ship MV Montevideo Maru. The POWs were members of 2/22 Battalion, No. 1 Independent Company, and other units of Lark Force. Civilians included officials of the New Guinea Administration and missionaries. The ship sailed unescorted for Hainan Island. On 1 July 1942 all the prisoners died when the Montevideo Maru was torpedoed by a US Navy submarine, USS Sturgeon, off the coast of Luzon Island in the Philippines.
Parents:-- William Symon Fraser and Alice Victoria Studd married 1904 in Victoria.
Australian Army Service No:--- NX68894
Religion:--- Church of England
Trade/Calling:--- Labourer
Martial Status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr William Fraser, "Pinedale" Boggabri, New South Wales.
Enlisted:--- 5th March 1941 at Paddington, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Posting:--- Australian Infantry,1 Independant Company, Lark Force.
Fate:--- Died at sea aboard the Japanese prisoner of war transport vessel, Montevideo Maru in the South China Sea on 1st July 1942, when it was sunk by American submarine USS Sturgeon.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea.
Commemorated:--- Panel 13, Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial
Commemorated :--- Australian Commando Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial.
Details of death:--- Private Fraser enlisted on 5th March 1941 and served in New Britain. Following the Japanese invasion of January 1942, he was taken prisoner of war (POW) and held at Rabaul. On 22 June 1942, Private Fraser was one of an estimated 845 POWs and 209 civilians who embarked from Rabaul aboard the Japanese transport ship MV Montevideo Maru. The POWs were members of 2/22 Battalion, No. 1 Independent Company, and other units of Lark Force. Civilians included officials of the New Guinea Administration and missionaries. The ship sailed unescorted for Hainan Island. On 1 July 1942 all the prisoners died when the Montevideo Maru was torpedoed by a US Navy submarine, USS Sturgeon, off the coast of Luzon Island in the Philippines.
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"The fortune of war, has denied this known and honoured, ANZAC, burial given to his comrades in death."
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