Person Sheet

Name William Robert Duncan Patterson Fraser  Birth Date 22 Jul 1912 Death Date 5 Jul 1942 Age: 29 Death Place S.S. Avila Star, Oceano Atlantico Father James Alexander Patterson (1873-1946) Mother Elizabeth Fraser Patterson (1878-1924)
Spouses
1 Thelma Norah Frazer McDonald 51 Birth Date 1919 Death Date 5 Jul 1942 Age: 23 Father John Bruce Frazer Mother Helen McDonald
Notes for William Robert Duncan Patterson Fraser
"Uncle Bob", muerto al hundirse el buque que lo llevaba a Europa a pelear en la 2ª Guerra. El "Avila Star"... Ver foto aqui y site conmemorativo en http://www.martin.romano.org/AvilaStar/AvilaStar.htm http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/certificate.aspx?cemetery=4004364&mode=1&tab=6&page=1&casualty=3167633 En el 2002 encontramos: "John Bruce had nine children, two of whom were lost in the 'Avila Star', torpedoed by U201 in the Atlantic in about June 1942 with a number of members of British community in Bs.As." Buscamos http://www.bluestarline.org/avila1.html Lost: 5/07/1942 when torpedoed by the German Submarine U-201, NE of the Azores, in position 38.04N, 22.48W. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Freetown, Sierra Leone with a cargo of 5,659 tons of frozen meat. Forty five crew and 17 passengers were lost. El U-201, segun http://www.uboat.net/boats/u201.htm was sunk seven and half months after: 17 Feb, 1943 in North Atlantic, in position 50.50N, 40.50W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Viscount. 49 dead (all hands lost). Lynette Patterson nos dijo el 15/9/02 que Norah tambien estaba en el bote que llego a evacuar el barco, con Robert, y que bajo con su tapado de piel. A la mañana siguiente, el bote habia desaparecido con ellos. Al parecer, el padre de Nora y Ronald los hizo viajar a presentarse como voluntarios y Bob los acompaño porque estaba enamorado de Norah... No se casaron... En ningun lugar figuran juntos, salvo en la lista de los caidos... Pero yo los uno aqui como estaban unidos...que queden asi para siempre.
Notes for Thelma Norah (Spouse 1)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website has all these names on it (Civilian dead), but does not mention the following two people who figure on the list published in Buenos Aires, Argentina: Norah H Frazer Ernest J W Scoffield. You will see more details about the people mentioned above on the CWGC website, except the final two. Jeremy Howat, 29/8/02 "John Bruce Frazer had nine children, two of whom were lost in the 'Avila Star' (Ronald, aged 32 and Norah H Frazer), torpedoed by U201 in the Atlantic in July 1942 with a number of members of British community in BA." Jeremy 30/8/02 Lynette Patterson nos dijo el 15/9/02 que Norah tambien estaba en el bote que llego a evacuar el barco, con Robert, y que bajo con su tapado de piel. A la mañana siguiente, el bote habia desaparecido con ellos. Al parecer, el padre de Nora y Ronald los hizo viajar a presentarse como voluntarios y Bob los acompaño porque estaba enamorado de Norah...