The 32-year-old Donald Fraser enlisted in the 31^st (Alberta) Battalion on November 24, 1914. His experiences, which he meticulously recorded in his diary, were typical of the thousands of Canadians who served King and Country during the Great European War. Private Fraser first went into action in September 1915 at Kemmel, near Ypres, Belgium, and over the next two years he fought in every major battle in which Canada participated  --  St. Eloi, Mount Sorrel, The Somme, Vimy, and Hill 70  --  before being wounded at Passchendaele in November 1917. Fraser’s account of the Vimy operation brings the common soldier’s perspective to one of the more decisive battles of the war. Over a four-day period, the Canadian assault on the 60-metre high, muddy scarp gained more ground, seized more guns and captured more prisoners than any previous British offensive.

	Donald Fraser's Diary
	Vimy Ridge
	Canadians at Vimy Ridge
	Prisoners and Casualties