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Simon Fraser

1879-1960

Portrait of Simon Fraser

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37527

About

Born in Australia

3 October 1879
Parents

Mother

Katharina Graver

Father

Mr. Graver

Settled in New Zealand

1911
Residence

Hometown

Hurimoana
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Public Works Department
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Margaret Fraser

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 80

9 May 1960

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5537 118/0042257, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 36.

Photograph

Courtesy of Osbaldiston family.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Simon Fraser (1879-1960)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/290

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