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FRASER, Alexander Hugh
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | Officer, SX22322, S136 |
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Enlisted: | 28 August 1914, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Major |
Last Unit: | Lines of Communication Units |
Born: | Forestville, South Australia, 17 June 1894 |
Home Town: | McLaren Flat, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
Schooling: | Goodwood Public School and Muirden College, South Australia |
Occupation: | Civil Servant |
Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 12 May 1968, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Plot info: Painters Court, Wall 206, Niche G029 |
Memorials: | Adelaide Treasurer and Chief Secretary Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Goodwood Public School WW1 Roll of Honor, Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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28 Aug 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
1 Feb 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
12 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Infantry Brigade Headquarters | |
24 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
24 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Captain, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
4 Oct 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
18 Apr 1918: | Imprisoned | |
18 Apr 1918: | Honoured Military Cross, From 26th Feb to 20th Sept 1917, fine work in organisation including being wounded twice. | |
3 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 52nd Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
22 Jul 1940: | Involvement Major, S136 | |
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22 Jul 1940: | Involvement Major, SX22322 | |
22 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
22 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, SX22322, Lines of Communication Units | |
30 Apr 1946: | Discharged | |
30 Apr 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, SX22322, Lines of Communication Units |
World War 1 Service
Date unknown: | Wounded 52nd Infantry Battalion |
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