Ferguson Affleck FLETCHER

FLETCHER, Ferguson Affleck

Service Number: 2325
Enlisted: 15 October 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 29th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, 1897
Home Town: Stawell, Northern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Albert, France, 28 March 1918
Cemetery: Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Stawell War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

15 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2325, Melbourne, Victoria
14 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2325, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
14 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2325, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne

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Biography

"... Private Affleck Ferguson Fletcher, 4th Reinforcements, 29th Battalion, of Stawell, Victoria... Pte Fletcher, aged nineteen years, enlisted on 15 October 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Anchises (A68) in Melbourne on 14 March 1916. Pte Fletcher was killed in action near the town of Albert, France, on 28 March 1918, aged 21. He is buried at Sentis Communal Cemetery, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

"STAWELL

On Friday news was received by the Rev. Levi Walton of the death of Private A. F. Fletcher, son of Mrs. S. Fletcher, of Cornishtown, who was killed on March 28. Private Fletcher was in his twinty-first year, and had been on active service for two years." - from the Horsham Times 16 Apr 1918 (nla.gov.au)

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