Geoffrey Erle FRASER

Regimental number11/254
AddressTakapu Street, Waipiro Bay
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinBrother, C T Fraser, Timaru
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment in the Main Body left New Zealand on board three ships ('Arawa', 'Orari', and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankTrooper
Final unitWellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of wounds 20 September 1915
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Plot B, Section XIII, Grave No 5), Malta
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charlton S. and Minnie Fraser, Timaru
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6/408 Captain Douglas Playfair FRASER, 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 20 September 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Died at Malta of wounds sustained at Gallipoli.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Main Body

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