George
Bean MacDonell
Fraser
Born in Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada
Ancestors 
Brother of
Blanche Marion Fraser, Archibald Brydon Fraser, Roderick Ferguson Fraser, Helen Caroline (Fraser) Loggie, William Brydon-Jack Fraser, Rosa Dorthy Fraser and Annie Edna Forbes Fraser
[spouse(s) unknown]
Died
at age 23
in Pas-de-Calais, France
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Apr 2016
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Biography
George Fraser served in the Canadian Army in World War I
Service started: 1914
Unit(s): 2nd Brigade Canadian Field Artillery
Service ended: 23 July 1917 (KIA)
Service started: 1914
Unit(s): 2nd Brigade Canadian Field Artillery
Service ended: 23 July 1917 (KIA)
George Bean McDonell Fraser was born on 28 June 1894 in Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada to George Fraser and Blanche Brydon-Jack.
George was the youngest of 8 children, his mother passed away shortly after his birth. George went to public Grammer schools in his youth and Graduated University in absentia due to being at war in France.
In 1914 George along with some classmates joined the army. First with the 23rd Field Battery for training in Fredericton. He was killed in action on 23 July 1917 at the Battle of Vimy Ridge. At that time he was stationed with the 2nd Brigade Canadian Field Artillery.
George is buried in La Targette British Cemetery Neuville-Saint-Vaast, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [1]
George Bean McDonell Fraser military files:
Personnel Records of the First World War, FRASER, GEORGE BEANE MACDONELL (85714) [2]
Digitized service file - PDF format: [3]
Circumstances of Death Registers, First World War [4]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 11 December 2017), memorial page for Gnr George Beane Macdonell Fraser (unknown–23 Jul 1917),Find A Grave: Memorial #56437637, citing La Targette British Cemetery, Neuville-Saint-Vaast, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ; Maintained by CWGC/ABMC (contributor 6) .
- ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=399311
- ↑ http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B3280-S039
- ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/mass-digitized-archives/circumstances-death-registers/Pages/item.aspx?PageID=56017
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