Hughie Ronald George (Jim) FLETCHER

FLETCHER, Hughie Ronald George

Service Number: TX2688
Enlisted: 24 June 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 18 May 1911
Home Town: St Helens, Break O'Day, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Fisherman
Died: Died at sea (Tamahoko Maru), At sea (South West Pacific Area), East China Sea, Pacific Ocean, 24 June 1944, aged 33 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

24 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX2688
24 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX2688, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion
23 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Died as a POW onboard Japanese transport ship Tamahoko Maru. Ship torpedoed 24 June 1944 by submarine USS Tang, at sea, off Goto, near Nagasaki, Japan.
24 Jun 1944: Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion

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