FLETCHER, Charles Joseph
| Service Numbers: | 375, QX8249 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tambo, Queensland, Australia, 29 December 1905 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Libya, 7 August 1941, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt 2. C. 3. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Farleigh Mill & District Roll of Honour, Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll, Townsville 2/12th Battalion Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 375, 12th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 375, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX8249 | |
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| 9 Jun 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 9 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX8249, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion, Rockhampton, Qld. | |
| 7 Aug 1941: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Albert George and Elizabeth Fletcher; husband of Mildred Fletcher, of Collinsville, Queensland, Australia.
HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. WE WILL REMEMBER HIM
MACKAY BOY WOUNDED.
Friends in Mackay received word on Saturday that Private C. J. Fletcher (A.I.F.) had been wounded in action. Private Fletcher is an ex-service man, having joined the A.I.F. from Mackay in 1916. He "joined up" this war in June, 1940.
Advice was received yesterday that Private Charles Joseph Fletcher, who was seriously wounded towards the end of May, had died or wounds, received, it Is believed, in the fighting In Greece. Deceased was undergoing his second campaign in war, having served in the Great War from 1916 to 1918 when he was invalided back to Australia suffering from the effects of gas.
He was born at Tambo and came to Mackay with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Fletcher when about 16 years of age and had resided here except for the periods during which he was on war service.
Deceased is survived by his widow and four children who reside at Collinsville. There are four step-sisters, Mesdames A. Thomas (Camilla), J. Flori (Bundaberg). R. Salsbury (Shakespeare-street). and A. Chldlow (Farleigh) and four step-brothers, Messrs. Albert, Thomas, and Bert Beasley (Farleigh), and Private Percy Beasley. Mr. C. T. Beasley, deceased's stepfather, resides in Maryborough.
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