Walter Bell FLETCHER

Regimental number	445
Place of birth	Cockermouth, Cumnberland, England
School	Public School
Age on arrival in Australia	31
Religion	Presbyterian
Occupation	Labourer
Address	Railway Station, Traralgon, Victoria
Marital status	Married
Age at embarkation	35
Height	5' 7.5"
Weight	153.5 lbs
Next of kin	Wife, Mrs Margaret B Fletcher, Railway Station, Traralgon, Victoria
Previous military service	Served 3rd Volunteer Battalion, the Border Regiment
Enlistment date	11 September 1914
Place of enlistment	Traralgon, Victoria
Rank on enlistment	Private
Unit name	14th Battalion, D Company
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll	Private
Unit from Nominal Roll	14th Battalion
Fate	Killed in Action 6 May 1915
Place of death or wounding	Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of death	5 May 1915
Age at death	37
Age at death from cemetery records	37
Place of burial	No known grave
Commemoration details	The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 41), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,   Australian War Memorial	72
Miscellaneous information from   cemetery records	Parents: James and Isabella FLETCHER; husband of Margaret Bryce FLETCHER, 137 Cochrane Street, Elsternwick, Victoria. Native of Cockermouth, Cumberland, England. 41
Other details	War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Melbourne, 22 December 1914. Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 12 April 1915. Killed in action, Gallipoli, 5 May 1915; buried at Military Cemetery, Monash Valley, 5 May 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Sources	NAA: B2455, FLETCHER Walter Bell
Documents	Official Record