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to England
to take officer's training course; rejoined until September. Was in the
"Last Hundred Days," Amiens,
Arras, Canal du Nord, Mons,
Valenciennes; German army of
occupation. Returned to Canada
with battalion. and was discharged April
25th, 1919. On Reserve list of officers Canadian Militia, rank of
captain (prov. major). Has established a growing and prosperous business in the
confectionery line. Appointed to command A Co., 3rd Sask. Battalion now
provisional major, 2nd in command. Member of the Young Men's Business Club.
Mason. Methodist. Address, Weyburn.
FRASER: James Raymond, B.A., principal high school, Kerrobert. Born at Hampton,
N.B., son of Thomas James and Ida May (Wright) Fraser. Married Ethel Jean
Coulter, 1922. Educated at the Hampton
Consolidated School, University
of N.B. United Empire Loyalist
stock. Family came to New Glasgow after the American Revolution, moving to New
Brunswick. After graduation Mr. Fraser joined the C.E.F.,
9th Siege Battery of Artillery. Overseas Sept., 1917; France,
May, 1918; 12th Siege Battery. Was in action all the
summer of 1918 and in the "Last Hundred Days," Arras,
Amiens, Canal du Nord, Valenciennes,
Mons, Armistice. Canada,
June, 1919. Came west to Rush Lake;
Sask., where he taught school for
one year, Kerrobert, August, 1920. Member of the Teachers' Alliance.
President of the Kerrobert G.W.V.A. Member of the I.O.O.F. Baptist.
Conservative. Address
Kerrobert.
FRENCH: Captain Edwin Thomas, M.D., physician and surgeon; Estevan.
Born at Boissevain, Man.,
1~85, son of Henry and Jane(Cowan) French. Married Bertha E. McCallum and has
one son and a daughter. Educated at Boissevain public and high schools, Manitoba
University. Dr. French graduated from Manitoba
University in 1908; practised at Belmont,
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