Jennings Douglas Marshall Fletcher

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Jennings Douglas Marshall AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Fletcher AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ1554 AWMM
• WWII NZD1554 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs J.W. Morgan, Waiau Pa, New Zealand AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Navy AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ1554 AWMM
• WWII NZD1554 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

• HMNZS Achilles AWMM
• Royal New Zealand Navy AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Royal New Zealand Navy AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Accidental death on a motor cycle whilst on active service AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Stoker AWMM
Royal New Zealand Navy AWMM

Jennings Fletcher was the son of Jennings Richard and Clara B. Fletcher of Bombay, Auckland

Fletcher served as a stoker on board HMS Achilles in the Battle of the River Plate

Fletcher was killed in a motorcycle accident in Auckland, February 1941

A 'Ditty Box' for personal effects, belonging to Jennings Fletcher, is on exhibit at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, exhibit no. 10, Achilles at the River Plate, Keeping the Sea Lanes Open, Scars on the Heart Exhibition. AWMM

Matenga

8 Feb 1941 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Accidental Death AWMM

Urupā

Bombay Presbyterian Church Cemetery, corner Portsmouth & Bombay Roads, Bombay, New Zealand AWMM 70 AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2919739
  Sources Used
• Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.