Alan John Redmond FLEMING

FLEMING, Alan John Redmond

Service Number: 56271
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Corporal, 56271
20 May 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 56271
19 Sep 1942: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, No. 24 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography 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