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Re: Can't find death date for Alexander Fraser
« Reply #27 on: Monday 02 October 17 09:43 BST (UK) »
Monica,  thanks for that info' on the mother being listed as next of kin. Was that still the case in WW2?

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Re: Can't find death date for Alexander Fraser
« Reply #28 on: Monday 02 October 17 13:48 BST (UK) »
Not sure, Skoosh, on whether it was the same for WW2. The Armed Forces board here on RC should hopefully help with that info.

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Re: Can't find death date for Alexander Fraser
« Reply #29 on: Monday 02 October 17 21:06 BST (UK) »
I never followed up, after some more digging and writing to the Ontario Archives, I received all the records from Alexander from the Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital where he sadly passed away. I was hoping it would answer some questions on why he left Scotland, and solve the mystery behind it all. It did include a photo of him which was pretty neat.
It doesn't say why he left for Canada, it didn't seem like he had a relationship with his boys as they aren't mentioned in the report. It seems he had been struggling with alcoholism for a long time, maybe his wife had asked him to leave.
It seems digging up the past can bring up lots of things, good and bad. Thanks everybody for all your help with this, appreciate it.
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