Able Seaman Robert Fraser
Royal Navy, HMS Electra (H27)

Background
Robert Fraser was born in 1920 to parents Peter Mackie Fraser and Frances Mary Fraser of Brockley, London in the United Kingdom.

Wartime History
He enlisted in the Royal Navy (RN) with the rank of Able Seaman and serial number C/JX 190268. Assigned to E-class Destroyer HMS Electra (H27). On February 27, 1942 during the Battle of the Java Sea died in the sinking of HMS Electra (H27) and his remains were never recovered.

Memorials
Fraser was officially declared dead the day of the sinking. He is memorialized at the Chatham Naval Memorial at 54, 1.

Relatives
Peter Mackie (grandson Robert Fraser)
"He served on the Electra and saw action most notably rescuing survivors from the Prince of Wales and Repulse, i have recently read a letter he sent to his sister three weeks before his death on the electra, quite emotional. He writes about his quarters being in the fore-end of the ship (i assume this to be in the front) and that the waves crashing into it are like people hammering at it, very difficult to sleep as they are crammed in down there. My grandfather was on board the Electra when it went down. He is reported as killed in action and we can only assume that he was, how i am not so sure as some of the crew were taken POW. Which leaves the thought that he is still there, hard to comprehend, as without him, so many of my family tree would not exist, strange furthermore that his son, my father, was still not yet born when the ship went down. He has 2 sisters that are still alive, they remember him like it was yesterday, it is such a terrible shame that there has never been what you would call 'closure'."

References
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) - Robert Fraser
FindAGrave - Able Seaman Robert Fraser (Chatham Naval Memorial photo)