~~~~~~~~~~~~~Summary of Military Service Records World War One~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Service number:--- 3282
Born:--- Brunswick, Victoria
Schooling:--- North Bundaberg State School, Queensland
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Civilian Employment:--- Carpenter
Home Address:--- St Kilda, Victoria
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 25 years and 7 months.
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs Kate Fraser, 27 Alma Road, St Kilda, Victoria
Enlisted:--- 6 July 1915 at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:--- Private
Unit on enlistment :---- 5th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Melbourne, Victoria, HMAT A71 Nestor, 11 October 1915
Last Unit:--- 59th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 19 July 1916, Fleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Burial:--- No known grave
Memorial details:--- V.C. Corner (Panel No 16), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Other Family military connections:--- Brother: 1703 Private Alexander Gregory Fraser 60th Battalion, killed in action, 19 July 1916.
War service:--- Egypt, Western Front
Medals:--- 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:---Roderick Robert Fraser and Catherine Wright married 1887, Victoria.
Additional Details:---Admitted to No 4 Auxiliary Hospital, Cairo, 3 February 1916 (mumps); transferred to 1st Australian General Hospital, 23 February 1916 (middle ear disease); transferred to Garrison Australian Reserve Brigade, Zeitoun, 5 March 1916.
Taken on strength, 59th Bn, Hog's Back, 3 April 1916.
Admitted to 8th Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916 (influenza); discharged to unit, 23 April 1916; rejoined unit, Duntroon Plateau, 23 April 1916.
Admitted to 14th Field Ambulance, 14 May 1916 (pyrexia), and transferred same day to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station (toxaemia); discharged to unit, 18 May 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Roderick John Fraser 59th Battalion age 26 and his brother Alexander Gregory Fraser 60th Battalion age 25 were both killed in action at Fromelles on the 19 July 1916.
Both brothers are remembered at VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, and also attended school at North Bundaberg S.S. in Queensland. Their parents lived in St.Kilda Victoria.
Roderick was born in Brunswick, Victoria. He was a carpenter living in St.Kilda when he enlisted and 26 years 10 months old when he was killed. Lieutenant C.W. Lay, the then adjutant of the 59th Battalion (later Captain C.W. Lay M.C.) wrote a letter to the Red Cross saying "……..I have made exhaustive enquiries regarding Roderick Fraser and can obtain no further information as to where he was last seen, except when he left the parapet with his Company. Knowing the circumstances of the operations of July 19th as I do, I regret very much that I cannot offer any hope for him. Please convey to his relatives my deepest sympathy in their great trial, but I am sure they will agree with me when I say that he died in the execution of his duty and he died a noble death, giving his life to help our great cause."
Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried in No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.
Service number:--- 3282
Born:--- Brunswick, Victoria
Schooling:--- North Bundaberg State School, Queensland
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Civilian Employment:--- Carpenter
Home Address:--- St Kilda, Victoria
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 25 years and 7 months.
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs Kate Fraser, 27 Alma Road, St Kilda, Victoria
Enlisted:--- 6 July 1915 at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:--- Private
Unit on enlistment :---- 5th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Melbourne, Victoria, HMAT A71 Nestor, 11 October 1915
Last Unit:--- 59th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 19 July 1916, Fleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Burial:--- No known grave
Memorial details:--- V.C. Corner (Panel No 16), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Other Family military connections:--- Brother: 1703 Private Alexander Gregory Fraser 60th Battalion, killed in action, 19 July 1916.
War service:--- Egypt, Western Front
Medals:--- 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:---Roderick Robert Fraser and Catherine Wright married 1887, Victoria.
Additional Details:---Admitted to No 4 Auxiliary Hospital, Cairo, 3 February 1916 (mumps); transferred to 1st Australian General Hospital, 23 February 1916 (middle ear disease); transferred to Garrison Australian Reserve Brigade, Zeitoun, 5 March 1916.
Taken on strength, 59th Bn, Hog's Back, 3 April 1916.
Admitted to 8th Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916 (influenza); discharged to unit, 23 April 1916; rejoined unit, Duntroon Plateau, 23 April 1916.
Admitted to 14th Field Ambulance, 14 May 1916 (pyrexia), and transferred same day to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station (toxaemia); discharged to unit, 18 May 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Roderick John Fraser 59th Battalion age 26 and his brother Alexander Gregory Fraser 60th Battalion age 25 were both killed in action at Fromelles on the 19 July 1916.
Both brothers are remembered at VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, and also attended school at North Bundaberg S.S. in Queensland. Their parents lived in St.Kilda Victoria.
Roderick was born in Brunswick, Victoria. He was a carpenter living in St.Kilda when he enlisted and 26 years 10 months old when he was killed. Lieutenant C.W. Lay, the then adjutant of the 59th Battalion (later Captain C.W. Lay M.C.) wrote a letter to the Red Cross saying "……..I have made exhaustive enquiries regarding Roderick Fraser and can obtain no further information as to where he was last seen, except when he left the parapet with his Company. Knowing the circumstances of the operations of July 19th as I do, I regret very much that I cannot offer any hope for him. Please convey to his relatives my deepest sympathy in their great trial, but I am sure they will agree with me when I say that he died in the execution of his duty and he died a noble death, giving his life to help our great cause."
Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried in No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Summary of Military Service Records World War One~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Service number:--- 3282
Born:--- Brunswick, Victoria
Schooling:--- North Bundaberg State School, Queensland
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Civilian Employment:--- Carpenter
Home Address:--- St Kilda, Victoria
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 25 years and 7 months.
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs Kate Fraser, 27 Alma Road, St Kilda, Victoria
Enlisted:--- 6 July 1915 at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:--- Private
Unit on enlistment :---- 5th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Melbourne, Victoria, HMAT A71 Nestor, 11 October 1915
Last Unit:--- 59th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 19 July 1916, Fleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Burial:--- No known grave
Memorial details:--- V.C. Corner (Panel No 16), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Other Family military connections:--- Brother: 1703 Private Alexander Gregory Fraser 60th Battalion, killed in action, 19 July 1916.
War service:--- Egypt, Western Front
Medals:--- 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:---Roderick Robert Fraser and Catherine Wright married 1887, Victoria.
Additional Details:---Admitted to No 4 Auxiliary Hospital, Cairo, 3 February 1916 (mumps); transferred to 1st Australian General Hospital, 23 February 1916 (middle ear disease); transferred to Garrison Australian Reserve Brigade, Zeitoun, 5 March 1916.
Taken on strength, 59th Bn, Hog's Back, 3 April 1916.
Admitted to 8th Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916 (influenza); discharged to unit, 23 April 1916; rejoined unit, Duntroon Plateau, 23 April 1916.
Admitted to 14th Field Ambulance, 14 May 1916 (pyrexia), and transferred same day to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station (toxaemia); discharged to unit, 18 May 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Roderick John Fraser 59th Battalion age 26 and his brother Alexander Gregory Fraser 60th Battalion age 25 were both killed in action at Fromelles on the 19 July 1916.
Both brothers are remembered at VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, and also attended school at North Bundaberg S.S. in Queensland. Their parents lived in St.Kilda Victoria.
Roderick was born in Brunswick, Victoria. He was a carpenter living in St.Kilda when he enlisted and 26 years 10 months old when he was killed. Lieutenant C.W. Lay, the then adjutant of the 59th Battalion (later Captain C.W. Lay M.C.) wrote a letter to the Red Cross saying "……..I have made exhaustive enquiries regarding Roderick Fraser and can obtain no further information as to where he was last seen, except when he left the parapet with his Company. Knowing the circumstances of the operations of July 19th as I do, I regret very much that I cannot offer any hope for him. Please convey to his relatives my deepest sympathy in their great trial, but I am sure they will agree with me when I say that he died in the execution of his duty and he died a noble death, giving his life to help our great cause."
Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried in No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.
Service number:--- 3282
Born:--- Brunswick, Victoria
Schooling:--- North Bundaberg State School, Queensland
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Civilian Employment:--- Carpenter
Home Address:--- St Kilda, Victoria
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 25 years and 7 months.
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs Kate Fraser, 27 Alma Road, St Kilda, Victoria
Enlisted:--- 6 July 1915 at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:--- Private
Unit on enlistment :---- 5th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Melbourne, Victoria, HMAT A71 Nestor, 11 October 1915
Last Unit:--- 59th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 19 July 1916, Fleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Burial:--- No known grave
Memorial details:--- V.C. Corner (Panel No 16), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Other Family military connections:--- Brother: 1703 Private Alexander Gregory Fraser 60th Battalion, killed in action, 19 July 1916.
War service:--- Egypt, Western Front
Medals:--- 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:---Roderick Robert Fraser and Catherine Wright married 1887, Victoria.
Additional Details:---Admitted to No 4 Auxiliary Hospital, Cairo, 3 February 1916 (mumps); transferred to 1st Australian General Hospital, 23 February 1916 (middle ear disease); transferred to Garrison Australian Reserve Brigade, Zeitoun, 5 March 1916.
Taken on strength, 59th Bn, Hog's Back, 3 April 1916.
Admitted to 8th Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916 (influenza); discharged to unit, 23 April 1916; rejoined unit, Duntroon Plateau, 23 April 1916.
Admitted to 14th Field Ambulance, 14 May 1916 (pyrexia), and transferred same day to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station (toxaemia); discharged to unit, 18 May 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Roderick John Fraser 59th Battalion age 26 and his brother Alexander Gregory Fraser 60th Battalion age 25 were both killed in action at Fromelles on the 19 July 1916.
Both brothers are remembered at VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, and also attended school at North Bundaberg S.S. in Queensland. Their parents lived in St.Kilda Victoria.
Roderick was born in Brunswick, Victoria. He was a carpenter living in St.Kilda when he enlisted and 26 years 10 months old when he was killed. Lieutenant C.W. Lay, the then adjutant of the 59th Battalion (later Captain C.W. Lay M.C.) wrote a letter to the Red Cross saying "……..I have made exhaustive enquiries regarding Roderick Fraser and can obtain no further information as to where he was last seen, except when he left the parapet with his Company. Knowing the circumstances of the operations of July 19th as I do, I regret very much that I cannot offer any hope for him. Please convey to his relatives my deepest sympathy in their great trial, but I am sure they will agree with me when I say that he died in the execution of his duty and he died a noble death, giving his life to help our great cause."
Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried in No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.
Gravesite Details
Private, 59th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action. Age: Unknown.
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