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For sale is a pair ofmedals comprising of British War and Victory Medals named 412940 PTE. J.FRASER. 18-CAN. INF. Medals come with copies of service extracts.
James Fraser was bornin Inverness, Scotland in 1877. Pre war he was living in Ontario, Canada, working as a tailor and had previously served 12 years with the 12th RoyalLancers, including in South Africa as the 12th fought in the campaignand on his Canadian record’s he lists suffering from enteric fever in 1900, which would tie inwith being deployed to the Boer war.
He enlisted into the CanadianExpeditionary Force (CEF) on 15/3/1915. After initial basic training he wassent to England for further advanced training landing on 3/7/1915.
Posted to the 18th CanadianInfantry Battalion, he landed in France with them on 15/9/1915.
He was charged with ‘Drunkon Active Service’ on 12/7/1916 and received 14 days, Field Punishment No1.
Suffering from dentalproblems he was transferred to the Base Depot at Havre in August 1916 and thenonto England. After treatment he was posted to various units in England until beingsent back to France with the Canadian Y.M.C.A. on 29/5/1917. This lasted for aday before being transferred back to the 18th Battalion.
He was tried by FieldCourt Martial on 26/10/1917 on two charges of disobeying a lawful command froman NCO and one of drunkenness, both originating from the same incident when he was guardingan Army Dump. Found guilty of onedisobeying a lawful command and for being drunk on duty, he was initiallysentenced to 90 days imprisonment with hard labour. This was commuted to 90days Field Punishment No 1. A tough 3 months but better than 3 in the cells!
Transferred to theCanadian Labour Pool on 19/2/1918 and spent the remainder of the war in thisroll. He was discharged on 8/4/1919 and died in Canada in 1951.
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