Peter FLEMING

FLEMING, Peter

    Service Number: 153
    Enlisted: 2 February 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Macorna, Victoria, Australia, 1891
    Home Town: Elphinstone, Mount Alexander, Victoria
    Schooling: Harcourt School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Morlancourt, France, 25 February 1917
    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), Wilby Plaque of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    2 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 153, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 153, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 153, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    7 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 153, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    28 Apr 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 153, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), SW to right foot/leg sustained in the trenches at Fleurbaix. Evacuated to England.
    31 Oct 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion, France
    16 Feb 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, France
    25 Feb 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 153, 22nd Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line
    25 Feb 1917: Involvement Sergeant, 153, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 153 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-02-25

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Peter Fleming is also remembered on the Elphinstone War Memorial and the Harcourt School Honour Roll, Vic.

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