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Horace Gilbert Fraser

In memory of:

Sergeant Horace Gilbert Fraser

September 2, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

129907

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

72nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

February 23, 1895

Commemorated on Page 410 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. D. 7.

Location:

Wancourt is a village about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras. It is 2 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai. The WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is a short distance south-east of the village just off the D 35 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Horace Fraser– Sgt. Horace G. Fraser, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada.  Son of Joseph G. Fraser and Alice (Farrow) Fraser of Vancouver.  KIA 2 September 1918 outside Arras, aged 23. Buried at Wancourt British Cemetery, Plot 3, Row D, grave 7.

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