G53534 Lance Corporal Edward William Fraser was born in Saint John, New Brunswick on 3 January 1923, the son of John Donald Fraser and Mary Madeline Elward. He left at age 14 after completing 7 years of public school. He had two brothers and two sisters and was Roman Catholic.
He worked as a pin boy at St Peter’s Bowling Alley for 2 years before enlisting on 7 January 1942. Fraser trained in Fredericton New Brunswick, Petawawa Ontario, Debert Nova Scotia, and Gander Newfoundland.
On 3 July 1944, he arrived in the United Kingdom. He arrived in France on 18 July 1944 and was posted to the QOR on the 20th and served with them through Northwest Europe.
Lance Corporal Fraser was killed in action during Operation Blockbuster, on 26 February 1945 aged 21. He is buried in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, grave reference VIII. B. 11.
His family provided the following epitaph for his grave marker:
REMEMBERED AND MISSED
BY ALL WHO LOVE HIM
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
AMEN
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