Edwin Douglas FLETCHER

FLETCHER, Edwin Douglas

    Service Numbers: 2059, 4911A
    Enlisted: 25 February 1915, Geelong, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 60th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Melksham, Wiltshire, England, 5 June 1896
    Home Town: Geelong West, Greater Geelong, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Mechanic
    Died: Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix
    Plot III. Row D. Grave 1.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newtown Methodist Church Honor Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    25 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2059, Depot Battalion (AIF), Geelong, Victoria
    17 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    3 Jul 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for M.E.F Gallipoli per H.M.T. "Scotian"
    9 Jul 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Joined Unit -- T.O.S -- Gallipoli, Turkey
    26 Jul 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Admitted -- 3rd Australian Field Ambulance - Debility -- Gallipoli, Turkey
    27 Jul 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Discharged to Duty -- Rejoined Battalion
    6 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Wounded In Action -- S.W. Head -- Lone Pine, Turkey
    6 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
    6 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Admitted -- 2nd Australian Field Ambulance -- S.W. Head -- Gallipoli, Turkey
    6 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Transferred -- Admitted -- 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station - S.W. Head -- Gallipoli, Turkey (and tfd to Mudros)
    7 Aug 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Gallipoli for Alexandria, Egypt per H.S. "Sicilia"
    12 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- No. 2 Australian General Hospital - S.W. Head -- Heliopolis, Egypt
    12 Aug 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt
    15 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- Mena House Hospital -- Wound Head -- Cairo, Egypt
    18 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- Mena Convalescent Depot -- S.W. Head -- Cairo, Egypt
    12 Dec 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged to Australia -- Cairo, Egypt
    13 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Suez for Australia per H.S "Wandilla" -- for discharge (Vertigo Neuralgia and Scalp Wound. M.B.P.)
    14 Jan 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Melbourne, Australia
    3 Feb 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2059, 5th Infantry Battalion, Medical Board -- Returned to Duty
    3 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, 15th Reinforcements -- Broadmeadows, Victoria
    7 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4911A, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
    20 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 8th Infantry Battalion
    18 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4911A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Kinfauns Castle"
    29 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4911A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4911A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4911A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4911A awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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