11 Facts About Neville Fraser

John Neville Fraser was an Australian first-class cricketer, pastoralist and the father of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.

Neville Fraser played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1914, making a total of seventeen appearances.

Neville Fraser was still in England when war was declared on Germany to mark the start of the First World War.

Neville Fraser served in the British Army during the war, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in November 1914.

Neville Fraser was made a temporary lieutenant in January 1916, with him later seeing action in the Battle of the Somme.

Neville Fraser was made an acting captain in December 1916, before taking part in the June 1917 Battle of Messines.

Neville Fraser relinquished his acting rank of captain in August 1918, with Fraser relinquishing his commission following the war in January 1919, returning to Australia.

Neville Fraser's father died in July 1919, with Fraser inheriting his property at Balpool-Nyang sheep station of 15,000 hectares on the Edward River near Moulamein in the Riverina district of New South Wales.

Neville Fraser married Una Arnold at St Mark's Church, Darling Point in 1926.

Neville Fraser sold Balpool in 1944, moving to Nareen in the Western District of Victoria.

Neville Fraser died at the Sydney suburb of Lindfield in January 1962.