Studio portrait of 5773 Private (Pte) George Henry Fletcher, 15th Reinforcements, 1st Pioneer ...

Accession Number P04870.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Kelly, J J
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Cowra
Date made c 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 5773 Private (Pte) George Henry Fletcher, 15th Reinforcements, 1st Pioneer Battalion, of Cowra, NSW. Prior to enlisting in the AIF on 15 December 1917, he served with the 42nd Infantry, Citizens Military Forces. Pte Fletcher embarked from Sydney aboard RMS Osterley on 8 May 1918. He died of sickness on 31 October 1918 at Sutton Veny, England, aged 20 years. His brother, 1660 Company Quartermaster Sergeant John Kitching 'Jack' Fletcher, 56th Battalion, also served with the AIF. He returned to Australia on 8 July 1919.

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