Henry Alfred Fraser F/91576 Sapper 1st Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers October 30, 1911 Pictou, Nova Scotia November 23, 1939 Halifax, Nova Scotia Pictou, Nova Scotia 28 5 feet, 6¼ inches Medium Hazel Light Brown Electrician Roman Catholic Married Molly Emma Fraser (Wife) October 20, 1940 28 Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, United Kingdom 3. O. 1A Commemorated on Page 13 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on January 16 Henry Alfred (Alphonsus) Fraser was the son of James Fraser and Julianna (Carroll) Fraser of Pictou, Nova Scotia. Henry was the husband of Molly Emma Louise (Rudolph) Fraser (1915-1945) and the father of Rose Marie Fraser (b.1937) and John Leo Fraser (b.1938). Henry was the brother of William Leo Fraser, Joseph Selwin Fraser, James Wendel Fraser, (d.1921) and Helen Mary Fraser. Henry and his wife were married in Pictou, NS on December 28, 1936. At enlistment, Henry was assigned to the 1st Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers at Halifax. He went overseas arriving in the United Kingdom on January 28, 1940. On June 13, 1940 he embarked England at Plymouth and disembarked in Brest, France on June 14, 1940. The 1st Field Company landed in Brest on June 14, with most of their vehicles having arrived a few days earlier with the advance party on June 8th. The 1st Canadian Division started to move from England to Brittany in France as part of the effort to re-establish a second British Expeditionary Force (2 BEF) in Europe following the Dunkirk Evacuation. The French Army was near collapse and unable to support the new Allied force. Without support and with the capitulation of France only days away, the newly landed troops were withdrawn little more than a week after the initial units had landed. The 1st Field Company left most of their equipment, destroying as much as possible. Henry returned to Plymouth, England, on June 17, 1940. On October 19, 1940 he was severely wounded during an enemy air raid on London and was admitted to Charing Cross Hospital. He died of wounds on October 20, 1940, and was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, United Kingdom.

Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave