William Mann FRASER

Regimental number14408
Place of birthDundee, Scotland
OccupationCook
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Fraser, c/o Mrs J Simpson, Craigievar, Orchard Street, Motherwell, Scotland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
The Infantry component of the 14th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunaganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankSergeant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 15 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 17), Gezaincourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Margaret McGregor Fraser, 'Seatondene', Glebe Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, and the late William Mann Fraser, Dundee and Aberdeen, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 4