FLEMING, David Richard
| Service Number: | 2709 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia, 5 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Muswellbrook, Muswellbrook, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mercer |
| Died: | 22 January 1964, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Canberra Australian War Memorial Officers of the 19th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll, Orange Officers of the 19th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2709, 19th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2709, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2709, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 3 Jun 1919: | Honoured Military Cross, The Battle of Amiens, 'During the attack east of Villers Bretonneux, on 8th August, 1918, he on three occasions dealt with srong enemy posts. Inall he captured ninety prisoners fourteen machine guns and four trench mortars. His splendid example greatly encouraged his men. On 11th August near Franneville, he again displayed marked courage and initiative rushing, with non-commissioned officer and four men, an enemy position, and capturing the garrison of nine and a machine gun.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 67 |
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Husband of Mrs D E Fleming, Mitchell Street, Muswellbrook, New South Wales
Military Cross
'During the attack east of Villers Bretonneux, on 8th August, 1918, he on three occasions dealt with srong enemy posts. Inall he captured ninety prisoners fourteen machine guns and four trench mortars. His splendid example greatly encouraged his men. On 11th August near Franneville, he again displayed marked courage and initiative rushing, with non-commissioned officer and four men, an enemy position, and capturing the garrison of nine and a machine gun.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 67
Date: 3 June 1919
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