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John Duncan FLETCHER

Regimental number3393
Place of birthPort Chalmers, New Zealand
SchoolState School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressMyrniong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation40
Next of kinSister, Miss Isabel Fletcher, Ada Street, Palmerston, New Zealand
Previous military serviceNinth New Zealand contingent, Boer War
Enlistment date26 March 1917
Place of enlistmentNorthcote, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name57th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/74/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 21 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 26 march 1917 - 57th Bn, 9th Reinforcements; taken on strength 57th Bn, 25 December 1917; gassed at Villers-Bretonneux 17 April 1917.
FateDied of disease 12 September 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death38
Age at death from cemetery records42
Place of burialSt. Lawrence) Churchyard (Aust.ralian Grave No 64), Cowley, Middlesex, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
163
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Isabella FLETCHER
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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