Jim Fraser
Politician
1908 – 1970
Who was Jim Fraser?
James Reay Fraser was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Australian Capital Territory from 1951 to 1970.
Fraser was born in Derby, Tasmania and educated at Launceston High School. He worked as a chainman and axeman and as a teacher in Victorian state schools from 1927 to 1935. He then worked as a journalist until he enlisted in the Second Australian Imperial Force in 1942 and served in New Guinea until 1945. From 1946 to 1948 he worked as a journalist in the Department of Information in Canberra and then as press secretary and private secretary to Senator Nick McKenna until 1951.
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- Born
- Feb 8, 1908
Derby - Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Died
- Apr 1, 1970
Canberra
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on July 23, 2013
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