Misc. Notes
Name, year and country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2025:
1913/7003. Fraser, Victor Trevor. Mother: Emma. Father: Robert Lyle
Full date of birth of 29 March 1913 from further searching in July 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.
Place of birth from the New Zealand Birth Index found in July 2025
Name: Victor Trevor Fraiser
Birth Quarter: Apr-May-Jun 1913
Registration Place: Coromandel, Auckland, New Zealand
Folio Number: 1841
Name of wife, occupation, from entry in the New Zealand Military World War II Army Nominal Rolls found in July 2025:
Name: Victor Trevor Fraser
Army Number: 26143
Rank: Spr
Unit: 14 For. Coy.
Conjugal Status: M
Place of Enlistment: Wellington
Occupation: Yard Foreman
Last NZ Address: Driving Creek, Coromandel, New Zealand
Next of Kin: Mrs Lois S Fraser, 8 Queen St., Thames (wife)
Relationship: Wife
Nominal Roll: 1 Jul 1940 - 31 Mar 1941
Year and country of death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2025:
1991/40440. Fraser, Victor Trevor. Date of birth: 29 March 1913
Full date of death of 26 August 1991 from further searching in July 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.
Occupation of “Auckland Harbour Board Employee” from Victor’s father’s Will dated 16 June 1947.
Living at home from the
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Thames Roll 1935, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Victor Trevor, Driving Creek, labourer
Fraser, Robert Lyle, Driving Creek, Coromandel, farmer [Father]
Fraser, Emma, Driving Creek, married [Mother]
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Thames General Roll 1938, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Victor Trevor, Driving Creek, Coromandel, labourer
Fraser, Robert Lyle, Driving Creek, Coromandel, farmer [Father]
Fraser, Emma, Driving Creek, Coromandel, married [Mother]
Full name of wife, year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2025:
1939/3713. Bride: Lois Stella Hosking. Groom: Victor Trevor Fraser
Full date of marriage of 4 February 1939 from further searching in July 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Hauraki General Roll 1946, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Victor Trevor, Ring's Road, Coromandel, labourer
Fraser, Lois Stella, Ring's Road, Coromandel, married
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Thames Supplementary Roll No. 1 1946, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Lois Stella, 8 Queen St., Thames, married
[Trevor not on this Supplementary Roll]
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Arch Hill General Roll 1949, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Victor Trevor, 10 Elgin St., W2, ships fireman (GL)
Fraser, Lois Stella, 10 Elgin St., W2, married (GL)
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Ponsonby General Roll 1954, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Victor Trevor, 10 Elgin St., W2, ship's fireman
Fraser, Lois Stella, 10 Elgin St., W2, married
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Ponsonby Main Roll 1957, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Victor Trevor, 10 Elgin St, W2, fireman
Fraser, Lois Stella, 10 Elgin St, W2, married
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Ponsonby Main Roll 1960, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Victor Trevor, 10 Elgin St., W2, fireman
Fraser, Lois Stella, 10 Elgin St., W2, married
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Grey Lynn Main Roll 1963, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Victor Trevor, 10 Elgin St., W2, fireman
Fraser, Lois Stella, 10 Elgin St., W2, married
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Grey Lynn Main Roll 1966, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Victor T. 10 Elgin St. W2. Fireman
Fraser, Lois S. 10 Elgin St. W2. Married
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Grey Lynn Main Roll 1969, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Victor T, 10 Elgin St., Tugman (GL)
Fraser, Lois S, 10 Elgin St., Married (GL)
NOTE: Wife Lois died in 1970 and by 1978 Victor was remarried to Josephine and moved address.
Preferred name of "Dick" from headstone
inscription for wife Lois from the Waikumete Cemetery Headstone records, page 54 found in July 2025, for:
Protestant Berm A Row 10 contd.
22826 Plot 84
In loving memory of LOIS STELLA dearly loved wife of
Dick FRASER and loving mother of Lyle, Janice and Anne passed away 3 February 1970 aged 54 years
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Roskill Main Roll 1978, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Victor Trevor, 8 Ellis Avenue, Retired
Fraser, Josephine Margaret, 8 Ellis Avenue, Housewife
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Roskill Composite Roll 1981, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Victor Trevor, 8 Ellis Avenue, retired
Fraser, Josephine Margaret, 8 Ellis Avenue, Housewife
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Roskill Main Roll 1987, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Victor Trevor, 8 Ellis Avenue, Retired
Fraser, Josephine Margaret, 8 Ellis Avenue, Housewife
Determining year of second marriageVictor’s first wife, Lois, died in 1970.
Josephine divorces first husband in 1973.
Victor and Josephine first appear together in the 1978 Electoral Roll.
Therefore, we believe married, say, circa 1975?
The Connection:
This Victor Trevor Fraser was the son of Emma Jones (1867-1939).
Emma is the brother of John Jones (1874-1955.
John's son was Frederick Clifton Jones (1918-1983).
Frederick is the father of Carol Oliver (nee Jones) of nzolivers.
Date and place of cremation, found from Auckland Council cemetery search in July 2025:
Name: Victor Trevor Fraser
Date of birth: Unknown
Date of death: 26 August 1991
Age at death: 78 years [Therefore born circa 1913 which matches]
Gender: Male
Region: North
Cemetery name: North Shore Memorial Park
Remains type: Ash
Date of cremation: 29 August 1991
Funeral director: Dils Funeral Services Ltd
Date of death confirmed, place of death, from the affidavit to lead grant of probate by Lyle Housten Fraser and David John Cochrane from the Will of husband, Victor Trevor Fraser, dated 4 May 1980, found on Archives New Zealand Collections found online in July 2025:
"died at Auckland in New Zealand on or about the 26th day of August 1991".
Name, date and place of birth and death, place of burial, photos of headstone and grave, from Find a Grave website found in July 2025:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176332656/victor-trevor-fraser Name: Pvt Victor Trevor Fraser
Birth: 29 Mar 1913
New Zealand
Death: 26 Aug 1991 (aged 78)
New Caledonia [This
place of death incorrect. the Will for Victor clearly states died in Auckland. And death recorded on the New Zealand BDM register].
Burial: Buffalo Cemetery, Coromandel, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, New Zealand
Plot: 5RSAA-PLOT-0004