Topic: AIF - 2B - 7 LHR
7th LHR, AIF
7th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Horace Ernest Frazer
Horace Ernest Frazer
Service number: 1246
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 7th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 7 August 1916
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: FRAZER, Tpr. Horace Ernest, 1246. 7th Australian Light Horse. Died of wounds 7th Aug., 1916. Age 27. Son of Francis Stephen and Sarah Jane Frazer, of Binnaway, New South Wales. D. 6.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
Samuel James Dunkinson's grave
A brief military biography of Horace Ernest Frazer from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 1246 |
| Place of birth | Binnaway, New South Wales |
| School | Public School, New South Wales |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Labourer |
| Address | Same as next of kin |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 26 |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Sarah Jane Frazer, Canberra House, Binnaway, New South Wales |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | 15 June 1915 |
| Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | 11 June 1915 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 7th Light Horse Regiment, 9th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/12/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 30 September 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Died of wounds 7 August 1916 |
| Place of death or wounding | Kantara |
| Age at death | 27 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 6), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 5 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Francis Stephen and Sarah Jane FRAZER, Binnaway, New South Wales |
| Family/military connections | Brother: 452 Pte Kenneth Richard FRAZER, 36th Bn, killed in action, 12 October 1917. |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 7th LHR, Roll of Honour, Horace Ernest Frazer
