The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameRobert Lyle Houston Fraser 
Birth6 Apr 1894, Coromandel, New Zealand
Death30 Aug 1920, New Zealand
BurialBuffalo Cemetery, Coromandel, NZ
OccupationMiner
FatherRobert Lyle Fraser (ca1866-1952)
MotherEmma (Emily) (Emma) Jones (1867-1939)
Misc. Notes
Name, place of burial, date of death, estimated year of birth of “circa 1893”, from the Headstones Records for the Buffalo Coromandel Cemetery found in July 2025:
200 In loving memory of EMMA beloved wife of R. FRASER, died 12 June 1939 aged 71 years. Forever with the Lord.
And beloved mother of JAMES died aged 9 years;
ELSE MAY drowned aged 2 years.
201 2/3643 Pte R.L.H. FRASER, Auckland Regt, died 20 August 1920 aged 27. [Son of Emma and Robert]
202 26/824 Rm W.H. JONES, Rifle Brigade, died 23 August 1940.
Second given name, year and country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2025:
1894/15915. Fraser, Robert Lyle. Mother: Emma. Father: Robert Lyle
Full date of birth of 6 April 1894 from further searching in July 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.
Third given name of “Houston”, year and country of death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2025:
1920/12822. Fraser, Robert Lyle Houston. Died age 26Y
Different day of death of 30 August 1920 from further searching in July 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.
Photos of headstone, occupation, from entry in the New Zealand War Graves Project website for The War Graves of the British Empire, Cemeteries and Churchyards found in June 2025:
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/robert-lyle-houston-fraser
Conflict: WW1
Service Number: 12/3643
Name: Robert Lyle Houston Fraser
Rank: Private
Date of Birth: Not known
Next of Kin: Mrs R. Fraser (mother), Driving Creek, Coromandel, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment: Not known
Occupation on Enlistment: Miner
Armed Force: Army
Unit: NZEF, Auckland Regiment
Additional Information: Son of Robert Lyle Fraser and E. Fraser, of Driving Creek, Coromandel. Served on the Western Front.
Entry in the Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 directory found in June 2025:
COROMANDEL.
COROMANDEL (BUFFALO) CEMETERY.
FRASER, Pte. Robert Lyle Houston, 12/3643.
Auckland Regt. Died of wounds (gas) 30th Aug., 1920. Age 27. Son of Robert Lyle Fraser and E. Fraser, of Driving Creek, Coromandel, Auckland. Served on the Western Front.
Place of birth as Coromandel, occupation of “Miner”, discharged 9th December 2019 as being medically unfit, from military records found on Archives New Zealand Collections found online in July 2025.
200 In loving memory of EMMA beloved wife of R. FRASER, died 12 June 1939 aged 71 years. Forever with the Lord.
And beloved mother of JAMES died aged 9 years;
ELSE MAY drowned aged 2 years.
201 2/3643 Pte R.L.H. FRASER, Auckland Regt, died 20 August 1920 aged 27. [Son of Emma and Robert]
202 26/824 Rm W.H. JONES, Rifle Brigade, died 23 August 1940.
Second given name, year and country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2025:
1894/15915. Fraser, Robert Lyle. Mother: Emma. Father: Robert Lyle
Full date of birth of 6 April 1894 from further searching in July 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.
Third given name of “Houston”, year and country of death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2025:
1920/12822. Fraser, Robert Lyle Houston. Died age 26Y
Different day of death of 30 August 1920 from further searching in July 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.
Photos of headstone, occupation, from entry in the New Zealand War Graves Project website for The War Graves of the British Empire, Cemeteries and Churchyards found in June 2025:
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/robert-lyle-houston-fraser
Conflict: WW1
Service Number: 12/3643
Name: Robert Lyle Houston Fraser
Rank: Private
Date of Birth: Not known
Next of Kin: Mrs R. Fraser (mother), Driving Creek, Coromandel, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment: Not known
Occupation on Enlistment: Miner
Armed Force: Army
Unit: NZEF, Auckland Regiment
Additional Information: Son of Robert Lyle Fraser and E. Fraser, of Driving Creek, Coromandel. Served on the Western Front.
Entry in the Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 directory found in June 2025:
COROMANDEL.
COROMANDEL (BUFFALO) CEMETERY.
FRASER, Pte. Robert Lyle Houston, 12/3643.
Auckland Regt. Died of wounds (gas) 30th Aug., 1920. Age 27. Son of Robert Lyle Fraser and E. Fraser, of Driving Creek, Coromandel, Auckland. Served on the Western Front.
Place of birth as Coromandel, occupation of “Miner”, discharged 9th December 2019 as being medically unfit, from military records found on Archives New Zealand Collections found online in July 2025.