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FIANDER, Francis Joseph

Service Number:	540
Enlisted:	11 January 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Beaumauris, Victoria, Australia, 1 September 1894
Home Town:	Cheltenham, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Natural causes, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia, 26 October 1958, aged 64 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

11 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 540, Melbourne
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Sergeant, 540, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 540, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion
24 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, Slight - remained at duty
29 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion
2 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW face, chest, right arm and leg (severe)
22 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit

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