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Henry Joseph Fletcher

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 24), Page: 32 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 24), Page: 32 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henry Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Fletcher AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 26/781 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 March 1891 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Waipawa, Hawkes Bay Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    H.A. Fletcher (father), Waipawa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 26/781 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Telegraphist/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 11" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      146 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Disembarked Suez, 15 March 1916.
    Embarked Alexandria for France, 7 April 1916.
    Admitted to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Havre, 14 April 1916 (erythema, trodosum); discharged to Base Depot, Etaples, 24 May 1916. Rejoined unit, in the field, 9 August 1916.
    Wounded in action, 23 September 1916 (gun shot wound, abdomen and right thigh), and admitted to XVth Corps Dressing Station; transferred to England, 2 October 1916, and admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, 3 October 1916. Transferred to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 6 December 1916; to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 12 December 1916; to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 24 February 1917.
    Posted to NZ Base Post Office, London, 7 April 1917.
    Admitted to NZ ConvalescentHhospital, Hornchurch, 20 June 1917 (scabies); discharged, 11 July 1917.
    Admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 13 August 1917; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 16 October 1917, discharged to NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 5 November 1917.
    Classified 'unfit' by Medical Board, 29 October 1917 (asthma), and placed on NZ Roll.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board 'Arawa', 10 January 1918; discharged (no longer physically for War Service: asthma), 3 April 1918.
    Total war service: 2 years 173 days (of which 2 years 30 days were abroad) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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