FLEISCHMANN, Harold Victor
| Service Number: | 17003 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 February 1916, 26th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia , 28 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Ipswich Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Saddler |
| Died: | 22 February 1961, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Pres B Grave number B5575 |
| Memorials: | Ipswich Methodist Church Great War Honour Roll, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 17003, Army Medical Corps (AIF), 26th Reinforcements | |
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| 16 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 17003, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 17003, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 26 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 17003, Army Medical Corps (AIF), After arrival in Plymouth, England from Australia, he attended the Army Medical Corps Training Depot, Parkhouse near Tidworth, Wiltshire, England | |
| 23 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Field Ambulance, Joined the 11th Field Ambulance in France | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 17003, 11th Field Ambulance, Admitted to No. 10 General Hospital Rouen, France with dysentery | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 17003, 11th Field Ambulance, Admitted to Reading War Hospital, England and diagnosed with severe enterec colitis. Hospitalised until his return to Australia. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Lenore Hyde
Harold Victor Fleischmann was a talented violinist and, in 1914, aged 19, passed the Practical Examination for the L.T.C.I., the second highest degree with London Trinity College of Music. In 1932 he was a member of the Ipswich City Orchestra and played the cello.
After the war, he returned to live in Ipswich, Queensland and his occupation as a saddler in his father's saddlery and harness making business. He married twice, his first wife having died 3 years after they were married in 1934. Harold lived and worked in Ipswich until 1958 when he moved to Southport, Queensland. He is buried in Ipswich cemetery.
Sources: Ancestry.com and Trove newspapers
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