| Place | Europe: France |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0294 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm. |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Fletcher, Norman Kingsley |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1918-1919 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/600 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Fletcher, Norman Kingsley (Gunner)
Description
Collection relating to the service of 18659 Gunner Norman Kingsley Fletcher, 6 Medium Trench Mortar Battery, France, 1918. Collection includes photostat copies of letters describing active service, descriptions of the circumstances of Fletcher's death, and expressions of sympathy. Copies made by Australian War Memorial, Melbourne, 1928. Location of originals unknown.
History / Summary
Biographical note: 18659 Gunner Norman Kingsley Fletcher, 6 Medium Trench Mortar Battery, AIF who was killed in action on 29 September 1918 on the Bellicourt road near Ronssoy. Other biographical details concerning him are: accountancy student; of Sydney; born New Guinea; educated at the Sydney Grammar School; was a keen cricketer, playing in the school first eleven in 1914-1915 and in the interstate schools' match; enlisted in the AIF on 4 January 1916; age at time of death, 20.