FLEMING, Edward Sandilands
| Service Number: | 3834 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Edinburgh, Scotland, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3834, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3834, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Edward Sandilands FLEMING (Service Number 3834) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1894. He joined the NSWGR&T as a store boy at Ultimo in 1913, giving his ‘trade or calling’ as ‘storekeeper’ when he enlisted in the AIF at Warwick Farm in September 1915.
He was killed in action in Belgium on 9 October 1917.
He was buried ‘in the vicinity of Broodseinde’, but the grave could not be located later, and he is remembered with honour on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Submitted 6 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Edward Sandilands FLEMING (Service Number 3834) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1894. He joined the NSW Government Railways and Tramways as a store boy at Ultimo in 1913. He gave his occupation as ‘storekeeper’ when he enlisted in the AIF at Warwick Farm in September 1915.
He embarked from Sydney in January 1916. He was sent via Egypt to France where he landed in April 1916. He joined the 17th Battalion in August.
He was killed in action on 9th October 1917.
He was buried ‘in the vicinity of Broodseinde’, but the grave could not be located later. He is remembered with honour on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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