H06058 Accession Number: H06058

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Informal portrait of 5383 Private (Pte) Verner Walter Fraser, 7th Battalion. An ironmonger from Healesville, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Fraser embarked with the 17th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Euripides on 4 April 1916. On 16 December 1916 he was killed in action in France, aged 35, and was initially buried where he fell. However, following the Armistice his grave could not be located and he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.

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Accession Number
H06058
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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