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FLETCHER, Basil George Wellard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 26 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 September 1914, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kingston, NSW, 6 August 1890 |
| Home Town: | Haberfield, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Commercial Banking Company of Sydney WW1 Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 26, 13th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 26, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 26, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement Captain, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1917-04-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Lieutenant B. G. W. Fletcher is the son of Mr. J. C. and Emily Fletcher, of Castlemaine Brewery, Walgett, and Coonamble, and now of O'Connor street, Haberfield. He left Sydney in October, 1914, and was at the Dardanelles until three weeks ago and is now reported as being ill in Malta Hospital. Lieutenant Fletcher was employed by the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney (Head Office).
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