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Soldier profiles
Name : FRASER, BURNHAM COLEMAN
Service Number : VX8349
Date of Birth : 28/02/1901
Place of Birth : LONDON, ENGLAND
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : GRAZIER
Date of Enlistment : 15/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : TALLANGATTA, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : FRASER, FLORA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CAPTAIN
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) : 21ST BRIGADE THEN 2/2 PIONEERS
Theatres of War : SYRIA, NEW GUINEA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 30/10/1943
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : Mention in Despatches (21st Brigade). London Gazette 30/12/1941, page 7359, position 4. Military Cross (2/2 Pioneer Battalion) for gallantry & self sacrifice Owen Stanley Ranges 08/1942 to 10/1942 presented at Government House, Sydney, New South Wales on 13/04/1946. London Gazette 23/12/1943, page 5574, position 22. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 23/12/1943, page 2798, position 11
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial Awards Circular, Australian War Memorial Awards Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6221606 [DIGITISED], Barcode 31046087 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll
Background : NO
