FLEMMING, John
| Service Number: | 371 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 February 1916, An original member of B Company 40th Bn. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, 22 October 1884 |
| Home Town: | Elliott, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Somerset State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engine driver |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 2 April 1917, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, France Special Memorial B. 1. NOT MINE O LORD THY WILL BE DONE |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 371, 40th Infantry Battalion, An original member of B Company 40th Bn. | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 371, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 371, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart | |
| 31 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
Enlisted under alias John Fleming
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Flemming, known as ‘Jack’ was one of two sons of Robert and Mary Ann Flemming, of Elliott, Tasmania, who lost their lives in WW1.
Jack Flemming was killed during the 51st Battalion’s attack on Norieul on the morning of 2 April 1917. Some 47 members of the Battalion died on this day. Jack was originally buried in a small cemetery near Norieul. His remains, as well as thirteen other soldiers of the were removed to the H A C Cemetery after the war. As it was impossible to identify the individual graves the 14 soldiers were buried in a special collective grave and their memories perpetuated by means of ‘Special Memorials”
His younger brother, 194 Pte. Alfred Claude Matthew Flemming, also of the 51st Battalion AIF, later in the year died of wounds in England.