Edwin William FLEMING

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FLEMING, Edwin William

Service Numbers:	432634, N394467
Enlisted:	21 January 1942
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty
Born:	Herberton, Queensland, Australia, 3 January 1924
Home Town:	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Accident, Mangoplah, New South Wales, Australia, 24 March 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Wagga Wagga War Cemetery Plot B Row A Grave 13,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 432634
21 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N394467
4 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 432634
4 Jan 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 432634, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant Fleming 432634 from Number 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty was killed in the loss of Wirraway aircraft A20-583 at Mangoplah, NSW when during instrument flying practice, the engine seized and during the forced landing the aircraft overshot the field, struck a telephone post and overturned. The other crewman survived: LAC Nesbitt 433616 (discharged from the RAAF in March 1946)

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