| Accession Number | P07236.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Toned black & white print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 1775 Private (Pte) Alexander Ferguson Fraser, 52nd Battalion, of Brisbane, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 1775 Private (Pte) Alexander Ferguson Fraser, 52nd Battalion, of Brisbane, Qld. An overseer before enlisting in November 1915, Pte Fraser left Australia for England with the 2nd Reinforcements in April 1916. Arriving in France for service on the Western Front in May 1916, Pte Fraser contracted malaria, and was repatriated to England in April 1917. After rejoining the battalion in September 1917, Pte Fraser was listed as missing on 24 April 1918. Despite conflicting accounts of his death on his Red Cross Wounded and Missing Bureau file, it is most probable that Pte Fraser was wounded in the stomach by machine-gun bullet during the 52nd Battalion's attack on Villers-Bretonneux. Pte Fraser was last seen having been placed unconscious in a shell-hole whilst being attended to by a British stretcher-bearer. He was later listed as habing been killed in action, aged 23, and has no known grave.