Mrs. Janet Fraser of Debert, Nova Scotia, was the 1982 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother. During the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on November 11, 1982, she laid a wreath at the base of the National War Memorial on behalf of all mothers who have lost a child in military service to Canada.

On August 24, 1943, her son, Flight Sergeant George William Fraser, was reported missing over Germany while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

On October 13, 1944, a second son, Private John Robert Fraser, was killed in action while serving with the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada.

Mrs. Fraser, née Muirhead, married John Hill Fraser, a First World War Veteran. Together, they raised five children, George William, Robert, Mildred (Millie) Louise, who was a major in the Canadian Armed Forces, Kathleen (Kay) Elizabeth and another son, Dana.