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?

Other Name:	Fletcher, John Kean Cleaton - Birth Records
Service Number:	3733
Enlisted:	28 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
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, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

28 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3733, Depot Battalion (AIF), Melbourne, Victoria
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked 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: ''
26 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 2nd Training Battalion
18 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3733, 59th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Kinfauns Castle"
29 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3733, 59th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3733, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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