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FLEMING, Alan John Redmond
Personal Details
Service Number: | 56271 |
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Enlisted: | 20 May 1942 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | No. 24 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 18 August 1916 |
Home Town: | Preston, Darebin, Victoria |
Schooling: | Northcote District High School / Melbourne Technical College, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer / Electric Welder, General Motors |
Died: | Ground Accident (Aircraft weapon misfire), New Guinea, 12 February 1944, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot D. Row B. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "EXCELSIOR DEAR ALAN..EVER REMEMBERED" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, 56271 | |
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20 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 56271 | |
19 Sep 1942: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, No. 24 Squadron (RAAF) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Corporal Fleming 56271 of Number 24 Squadron was accidentally shot on the 12th of February 1944
24SQN was operating Vultee Vengeance aircraft from Tisli Tisli, near Nadzab in New Guinea from September 1943 to February 1944