FRAZER  E.L.

Given Names:  Eric Lindsay

               

Service Number:  4240

Unit:  24th Battalion, 10th reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Sergeant                                                                                                              

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  23 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  University Student                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  4 Ft  4½ In                  

Weight:  130 Lbs

Chest:  32-34 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  2/8/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  James Frazer

Afton', Kent Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                      

Embarkation Date:  7/3/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Wiltshire A18

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Lancashire                                      

Embarked:  18/12/1919                             

Disembarked:  31/3/1919

Unit:  5th Light Horse Regiment                                                                                                     

Rank:  Sergeant

Discharge Date:  15/5/1919                       

Place:  3MD

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  36808

Victory Medal:  70949

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  31/1/1892

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  James FRAZER                          

Mother:  Amelia Maria CLAY

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1922     

Place:             

Spouse: Letita Maria CLAY

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 25/12/1965                        

Place: Richmond, Victoria                        

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Acting Sergeant 1916; transferred to 3rd Echelon May 1916

Voluntarily reverted to rank of Trooper and transferred to 14th Light Horse 1918

Egypt, Palestine, Syria

 

MEMORIALS

East Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Auburn State School

University of Melbourne

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary