FLETCHER, John Keern
Other Name: | Fletcher, John Kean Cleaton - Birth Records |
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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 | |
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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) |
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Add my storyBiography 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.