John Keern FLETCHER

John Keern FLETCHER Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

FLETCHER, John Keern

Other Name:	Fletcher, John Kean Cleaton - Birth Records
Service Number:	3733
Enlisted:	28 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mooralla, Victoria, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Cavendish, Southern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Telephone Mechanic / Electrician
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

World War 1 Service

28 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3733, Depot Battalion
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3733, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3733, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3733, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

Help us honour John Keern Fletcher's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by John Edwards

3733 Private John Kearn Fletcher, of Mooralla, Vic. An electrician prior to enlisting in July 1915, John Fletcher embarked from Melbourne with the 12th Reinforcements, 7th Infantry Battalion, on board HMAT Cermaic (A40) on 23 November 1915. Pte Fletcher later transferred to the 59th Battalion and was killed in action in Fromelles, France, on 19 July 1916. He was 31 years of age.

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia