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George Henry FLETCHER

Regimental number5773
Place of birthCowra, New South Wales
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationCarpenter
AddressLachlan View, Cowra, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, R W Fletcher, Lachlan View, Cowra, New South Wales
Previous military service42nd Infantry
Enlistment date15 December 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 December 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Pioneer Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/13/6
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Osterley on 8 May 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of disease 31 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialSutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard (Plot 20, Row H, Grave No. 6), Wiltshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
171
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard William and Mary Ann FLETCHER
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1660 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Jack Kitching FLETCHER MSM, 56th Bn, returned to Australia, 8 July 1919.
Other details

War service: England

Medal: British War Medal

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