John Burnett Fletcher

Submitted by Mt Kembla Minin... on Mon, 12/10/2015 - 10:38

First Name:

John

Middle Name:

Burnett

Last Name:

Fletcher

Mother's Name:

Jessie Fletcher (nee MacDonald)

Father's Name:

Abram Fletcher

Date Enlisted:

Tuesday, January 4, 1916

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

13th Battalion

Company:

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Tuesday, August 29, 1916

Place of Death:

Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

John Fletcher (Service No 5499) was born in Keiraville, N.S.W. around 1885, and attended Keiraville Public School.

In 1908 he married Annie Murray, and at the time of his enlistment they were living at Woonona, N.S.W. with their 2 children. John was 31 years old and employed as a miner at the time.

John embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A71 Nestor with 17th Reinforcements, 13th Battalion, on 9th April 1916.

Arriving in Egypt on 7th August 1916 he was posted to B Company, 13th Battalion and the troops arrived in France on 19th August 1916. Pozieres had been taken and the fight for Mouquet Farm was being fought. John Fletcher was killed in action during the fighting on 29th August 1916.

He is buried in Courcelette British Cemetery, France; Plot XII, Row F, Grave 8.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, FLETCHER J B