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FLEMING, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3520 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 20 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Dumfries, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Northampton, Northampton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 16 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3520, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 17 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3520, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3520, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 3520, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3520 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-16 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 34 and the son of Joseph and Annie Fleming, of 109, English St., Dumfries, Scotland.
He is one of two Australian casualties commemorated on the Dumfries Town memorial which stands outside St John's Church, Lovers Walk, Dumfries. It takes the form of a figure of Scottish soldier in service dress with head bowed and reversed rifle, on square granite monument with a fluted pillar at each corner. There are 216 men listed for World War 1 and 336 for World War 2.
The other being Private Thomas James Thomson, Service Number 1115, of the 4th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. who died 11/05/1915.
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