Edward Richard FLEMING

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FLEMING, Edward Richard

Service Number:	438
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.
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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Biography 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

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