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Name: FRASER, John Irwin
Birth Date: 1885 Tientsin, China
Death Date: 14 Sep 1914 died of wounds, Battle of Aisne, France
Nationality: Irish
Last Date: 1914
Profession: Army. He was a fine horseman and polo player, but was perhaps even keener on big-game shooting. Rejoined Connaught Rangers at outbreak of WW1 and was one of the first to fall
Area: Nairobi
Book Reference: Cranworth, CWGC
War Service: KAR and Connaught Rangers
School: Mr Bookey's School, Bray; RMC
General Information:
CWGC - John Irwin Fraser, Lieutenant, 2nd Bn., Connaught Rangers, who died on Monday, 14th September 1914. Age 29. Son of the late John Fraser, of Riversdale, Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Vailly British Cemetery, Aisne, France. Grave Ref: I F 21
Served in Somaliland 1908-10