FLETCHER  P.

Given Names:  Percy

               

Service Number:  2026

Unit:  29th Battalion, 3rd reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  29 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Decorator                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Independent

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5 In                     

Weight:  133 Lbs

Chest:  32-34 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  4/8/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Catherine Annabel Fletcher

239 Barkers Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                      

Embarkation Date:  18/2/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ballarat A70

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of wounds

Ship:               

Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  29th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:                                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  32850

Victory Medal:  32625

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1886

Place:  Straud, Glouchester, England        

Father:  Frederick FLETCHER                  

Mother:  Julie

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1915     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Catherine Annabel SALMONS

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 1/3/1917                            

Place: 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, France                                            

Burial:  Dernancourt Communal Cemetery, France

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 28/2/1917; shrapnel wound, neck

Was wounded by a sniper in the head at Le Transloy while taking a message; was taken to the dressing station at Longueval Corner, and died during the night

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 314463

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Yes

 

Kew Rotary