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_Thomas Fletcher, memorial stone in the church of Kandy, Sri Lanka:
| 'To Lieut-Colonel Thomas Fletcher, who for 11 years held the Command
| of the Ceylon Rifles, conjoined latterly with that of the troops
| in these provinces, this tablet is erected by his brother officers
_| to commemorate their deep sorrow at his loss and to bear record
| to the military worth for which he was so highly appreciated as
| a soldier, the zeal and rectitude that marked his public service
| and the amiable, sincere and social virtues that endeared him to
| all and adorned his character as a man. Having served his early
| life at the Peninsula and Walcheren in the 6th Foot, and been present
| at Roleia, Vimera and Corruna, he was appointed to the Ceylon Regiment
| in 1810, was actively employed in the Kandian operations in 1814
| and 1818 and after 35 years of Civil and Military duties in Ceylon,
| he retired and died at Malta on the 8th March, 1846, aged 60 when
| returning to his native land.'
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|_William Fletcher, 14 Sept 1872 obituary in Mercury: 'The grave has
just closed over another good old colonist, Mr William Fletcher, who
died at his residence Stowellville, New Town, on Wednesday last, aged
76 years. We have received a few particulars of the early life of
this old colonist, and it appears that in September 1812, or nearly
60 years ago, he went to Lisbon, having obtained the appointment of
Clerk in the Commissariat Department of the Duke of Wellington's Army.
A department in connection with the accounts and expenditure of the
army having been established, Mr Fletcher was ordered to join it and
he went to headquarters at the siege of Burges in Spain. After the
attempt to capture this place had proved a failure, Mr Fletcher ac-
companied the army in the victorious march into France, when the French
were driven over the Pyrenees. He was stationed at Vittoria after
the great battle there and was detained from the department to which
he belonged in order that he might attend the wounded. For these
services, he received the Peninsular War Medal. He was soon after
ordered to Lisbon in charge of 70 to 80 mule loads of public papers
belonging to his department and he had to make the troublesome journey
from the frontier of France to the extreme end of the Peninsula.
The war was virtually over in 1815, and in 1816 Mr Fletcher got his
first promotion and was for some time engaged with the commissariat
in the West Indies. In 1824, he arrived in Hobart Town, where he
remained connected with the Commissariat Department and had the most
responsible duties to perform. Here he received his second promotion
and was made Deputy Commissary-General with the relevant rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel in the army. In 1842 he was placed on the Com-
mission of the Peace, and remained a magistrate until his death, a
period of 30 years. He received a large grant of land as a military
officer but he never settled on it, having built himself a beautiful
residence at New Town, in which he died. He married the daughter
of the late Joseph Hone, barrister and Chairman of Quarter Sessions,
and he leaves a widow and a large number of children and grandchildren
to lament his death'; 21 Oct 1872 Supreme Court of Tasmania, will of
William Fletcher, late of New Town in the County of Buckingham in the
Island of Tasmania, deceased, exhibited and proved, administration to
George William Fletcher son of the deceased and sole executor.
= Hannah (Hone); 25 Oct 1879 Supreme Court of
| Tasmania, will of Hannah Fletcher late of Stowellville, New Town, Tasmania,
| who died on or about l4 Oct 1879, proved, administration to George William
| Fletcher son of the deceased and sole executor.
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M 28 Dec 1824, parish of Hobart Town, Van Diemens Land,
bachelor, & spinster d of Joseph Hone attorney general
of Van Diemens Land, each of the parish.
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| _Hannah Mary Anne (Fletcher) B 29 Dec 1827, New Town,
| | Van Diemens Land; D 2 July 1885 Sandy Bay, Hobart.
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| = William Knight.
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| M 13 June 1846, St John's, New Town, VDL.
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|_George William Fletcher B 6 Dec 1832 New Town, VDL;
| D 8 June 1905, Moonah, Tsm.
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|_William Hone Fletcher B 19 Jan 1837 New Town, VDL;
| D 20 Dec 1914 White Swamp, NSW.
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| = Margaret (Smith) B c 1839 Dunbar, Haddington, _Jessie Cowan Fletcher B 18 Mar 1864, Warwick Reserve, Qld;
| | Scotland, d of George Smith & Jane (Cowan); _| D 1 Jan 1940, Brisbane, Qld.
| | bpt 17 Mar 1838, Cocksburnpath, Berwick, | |
| | Scotland; D 23 Aug 1909, White Swamp, New | |_William Joseph Hone Fletcher B 2 Feb 1866, Warwick Reserve, Qld;
| | South Wales. | | D c 1960, West Burleigh, Qld.
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| M 1 June 1863, St Mark's, Warwick, Queensland, | |_George Smith Fletcher B 15 Sept 1867, Warwick Reserve, Qld;
| bachelor, farmer, of Warwick Reserve, & spinster | | D 11 Nov 1940, Boonah, Qld.
| of Warwick Reserve. | |
| |________________________________________________| |_Hannah Mary Anne Hone Fletcher B 8 July 1871, Warwick Reserve, Qld;
| | D 8 Apr 1953, Warwick, Qld.
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|_Joseph Walter Fletcher B 4 Feb 1839, New Town, VDL; |_Walter John Watson Fletcher B 26 Nov 1869, Warwick Reserve, Qld;
| D 5 Sept 1915, Sydney, NSW. | D 1885, White Swamp, NSW.
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|_Sidney Gerald Fletcher B 15 June 1841, New |_Sarah Margaret Fletcher B c 1872, White Swamp, NSW;
| Town, VDL; D 19 Oct 1874, Ipswich, Qld. | D c 1960, Brisbane, Qld.
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| |_Sidney Swettenham Fletcher B 1874, White Swamp, NSW;
| | D 28 Jan 1914, Old Koreelah, NSW.
|_Charles Augustus Fletcher B 10 Sept 1843, New |
| Town, VDL;D 19 Sept 1913, Hobart, Tasmania. |_Thomas Charles Fletcher B 26 Sept 1876, Koreelah Creek, NSW;
| | D 18 Sept 1970, Killarney, Qld.
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|_Henry Wellesly Fletcher 24 Nov 1845, New Town, VDL; |_Florence Fletcher B 1879, D 1879, White Swamp, NSW.
| D 18 Sept 1853 of scarlet fever, New Town, VDL. |
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| |_Euphemia Agnes Fletcher B 1881, White Swamp, NSW;
|_Sarah Augusta Fletcher B 17 Feb 1848, New Town, D c 1960, Tweed Heads, NSW.
| VDL; D 9 Jan 1990, New Town, Tasmania.
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|_Emma Sophia Fletcher B 17 Jan 1851, New Town, VDL;
| D 8 Feb 1876, New Town, Tas.
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|_Margaret Elizabeth Fletcher B 25 Jan 1855, New Town, VDL.
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