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Name	James Fraser
Born	20 August, 1861 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
Died	28 July, 1936 (aged 74) Pymble, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Fraser, Keith Aird (son) Whitton, John (work colleague) Eddy, Edward Miller Gard (work colleague)
Education *	Sydney Grammar School (student, 1877-1878)
Occupation or Descriptor *	public servant (1878-1929) New South Wales, Australia railways employee (1881-1929) New South Wales, Australia rail/tramways engineer (1882-1929) New South Wales, Australia public service head (1917-1929) New South Wales, Australia railways commissioner (1917-1929) New South Wales, Australia
Workplaces *	Dept of Railways (NSW) (employee, 1878-1929) Dept of Railways (NSW) (engineer-in-chief, 1903-1914) Dept of Railways (NSW) (assistant commissioner, 1914-1916) Dept of Railways (NSW) (chief railway commissioner, 1917-1929)

* Dates are approximate