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Edward Sladen Frazer, n.d. photographer unknown

oai:awm.gov.au:P05413-029, Australian War Memorial

EDWARD SLADEN FRAZER was born on 26th July, 1889, at Rochester, Victoria, the son of the late Mr. William Edward Frazer, Manager of the Head Office of the Bank of New South Wales, and Mrs. Amelia Fanny Frazer.

Edward S. Frazer was educated at Queen’s School and St. Peter’s College, Adelaide. He entered the Bank’s service at North Sydney in July, 1909; in the following October he was transferred to the Southern Branch, Sydney; in August, 1910, to Moree, New South Wales; in August, 1911, to Armidale; in June, 1914, to Goulburn, where he was appointed ledger-keeper in the following August.

He enlisted on or about the 13th December, 1916, as a private in the 60th Battalion of the A.I.F., and was promoted to lance-corporal.

Edward S. Frazer, while engaged in the Battle of Bullecourt in May, 1917, was badly wounded and spent some time in hospital in England. On recovering he went back to France and was in action during the critical period which followed the great German advance of March-April, 1918. On 25th April he led his men brilliantly in the attack at Villers-Bretonneux, where he gained promotion. On the following morning, when taking a difficult position he fell mortally wounded from a hurricane of machine gun fire, and died on the following day.