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FLETCHER, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2480 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stockton, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Erskineville, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2480, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2480, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2480, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by VWM Australia
He was reported missing on the 2/3/1917 and according to the Australian Red Cross Society of Wounded & Missing Enquiry files was located as a Prisoner of War & interned at Limberg on the 18/5/1917
He was transferred to Gef Lager Minden ( Westphalia ) and he was then transferred to Munster from Minden dated 29/8/1917
Repatriated prisoner of war.Private J. Fletcher 2480 arrived in Dover, England on 2/12/1918