LATE CAPTAIN FRASER

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 42, 13 November 1918, Page 7

LATE CAPTAIN FRASER

MASTER OP TORPEDOED HIE-ANO: Captain Hector Fraser. who was cither killed or drowned when his Ship, the Hirano Jl'aru, was torpedoed, with 301) lives lost, on tlio way to Capo lown, had a distinguish*! career. Bom a vears ago, lio started his seafaring life iiftv years ago, when he willed to Australia on "Murray, which took fifteen: months to raako the voyage. Well known in Sydney, Captain Iraser had a denial and kindly personality, and be.; foro tho ww captained the Kasiigaj Maru, travelling between' Japan and. Au6 j U His' medals, reading from left to are:—The Star of . tho. baovod (the highest decoration giver, by tho ill-, kado). for services in the Ru ese war; tho second was presented for, service in the war with Ciiina; and tha other two are Japanese medals for service in tho present war. „ . lt> ; Tho Germans had a price on CapUujv Eraser's head, similar to that of Captain; Frvatt "Don't you find life at sea very> monotonous, considerihg yon have>■ had, fiftv vears of it? ho was asked one day,; "Monotonous," cried the old M Pj»infc "There is 110 monotony at sea, but Ij often wondir how the people ° n can stand the monotony of their, life. , Tie had held the rank of captain foi?j *°lfis "widow and two married live in England, and of his two sons*, one. Lieutenant Donald Fraser, was hll-i, ed in Prance last January, aad the, other, Lieutenant-Engineer .Hectos.i Fraser, is on active service in the Navy*: A brother, .Mr. John IW, gardener on tho stiff of the Sydney Botanic Gardens. j ===== • ;