Frederick William FLEET

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FLEET, Frederick William

Service Number:	323
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Crewe, England, United Kingdom, 1881
Home Town:	Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 1 September 1931, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 5-91-7
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 323, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 323, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 323, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Also served in WW1, Private S.N. 2030, 2nd Light Horse Regiment AIF.

When Frederick William Fleet enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father James Fleet, Ann St, Fortitude Valley.

He enlisted again in 1915 for WW1 and on his Attestation Form dated, 16 Sep 1915, noted that; he was born at Crewe, England and was 33 years 10 months of age; he worked as a wharf labourer; he was married with 2 children and his N.O.K. was his wife Mrs. M. Fleet (Maggie A. Fleet), Bulimba; and he had previously served in South Africa.

Frederick William Fleet was born about 1881 at Crewe, Cheshire, England, a son to James Joseph Fleet and Harriet Fleet (nee Mason). He married Margaret Adamson Kidd on 13 Aug 1910 in Queensland and they had 4 children.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 500; National Archives Australia- WW1 service records).

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