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FLEET, Alfred Edward

Service Number:	3354
Enlisted:	20 January 1916, Lismore, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia, 10 June 1888
Home Town:	Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Fortitude Valley State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Casino and District Memorial Hospital WW1 Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

20 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3354, 31st Infantry Battalion, Lismore, New South Wales
4 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3354, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3354, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3354, 31st Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, Killed in Action

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

Enlisted and served under alias Athur Edward Fleet

Brother 594 Francis John Fleet DCM