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ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War II
Daniel Joseph Fraser
Name:
Daniel Joseph Fraser
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Service:
Cape Breton Highlanders, R.C.I.C
Service No.:
F/54767
Date of Death: January 17, 1944
Age at Death:
27
Cemetery:
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery
Born on November 12, 1916, at Sydney Mines, Daniel was the son of Daniel M. and
Ann Fraser of New Waterford, NS. He was the husband of Catherine Jane Fraser, married
on November 8, 1939, and father of Georgina and Daniel David Fraser.
A miner by trade, he enlisted on October 14, 1939 at New Waterford. He served in
Canada until November 10, 1941, in the United Kingdom between November 11, 1941
and October 23, 1943 and in Italy from October 24, 1943 until his death on January 17,
1944. He was killed in action and was initially buried near the junction of the Ortona and
Tollo Road.
Commemorated on page 309 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on July 1