Regimental number | 3012 |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
School | Pulteney Grammar School, Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Cleaner |
Address | 7 Nelson Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Height | 5' 11.75" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs E Fletcher, 7 Nelson Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served for 1 year in 78th Bn, Senior Cadets; transferred for 1 year to 76th Bn, Citizen Military Forces; at time of AIF enlistment living in exempt area under Compulsory Military Service scheme. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Keswick, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/29/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Palestine |
Age at death | 22 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Jerusalem War Cemetery (Row H, Grave No. 62), Palestine |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 7 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George Bailey and Elsie Eliza Ann FLETCHER. Native of Adelaide, South Australia |
Other details |
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FLETCHER George Edward Pearce |