William Harry FLETCHER

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FLETCHER, William Harry

Service Number:	4192
Enlisted:	26 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cobden, Victoria, March 1891
Home Town:	Cobden, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	Cobden State School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 1 July 1916
Cemetery:	Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cobden Church of England Roll of Honor, Cobden War Memorial

World War 1 Service

26 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4192, Melbourne, Victoria
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4192, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4192, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...4192 Private William Harry Fletcher, 14th Battalion. A labourer from Cobden, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Fletcher embarked with the 13th Reinforcements from Melbourne aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. On 1 July 1916 he was killed in action at Bois Grenier in the Somme area of France, aged 25 and was buried in the Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois Grenier..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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