
FLEMING, Edward Richard
Service Number: | 438 |
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Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Enlisted at Pontville, Tas. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Latrobe, Tasmania, 23 April 1896 |
Home Town: | Waratah, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania |
Schooling: | State School |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 35, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Waratah Roll of Honor 1918 |
World War 1 Service
20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 438, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Pontville, Tas. | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 438, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 438, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward and Beatrice Fleming of Norwood, Launceston, Tas. formerly of Hampton Vale, Launceston, Tas.
Brother of Ivy Fleming, Leslie Gordon Fleming, Keith Fleming, Ethel Fleming, Roy Fleming and Jeffries Fleming
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Had served a 3 year apprenticeship with J.H. Ayres of Longford, Tas.
Also served in the cadets and the Citizen Military Forces