Hugh Fraser

Hugh Fraser (1891–1944),

Career In 1917, Fraser was the Third Assistant Secretary at Federal Secretariat and Private Secretary to Chief Secretary of Federated Malay States (FMS). he went on to Kedah as Acting Assistant Adviser and Acting Legal Adviser. He was later appointed to the Malayan Establishment Office and 1936 as Secretary to High Commissioner of Malaya.

In 1937, Fraser was the Acting Under-Secretary of FMS and April 1937 Acting Federal Secretary FMS when Mr Christopher Dominic Ahearne was away. In December 1937, Fraser was appointed as Under-Secretary of FMS. and was subsequently interned.

Interned and death

Fraser was interned at Changi Prison during Japanese Occupation of Singapore. On 10 October 1943, after the Operation Jaywick incident, he was arrested along with others when the kempeitai raided the internment camp. He died as a result of torture and mistreatment by the Kempeitai at Outram Road Prison on 24 July 1944.