The AIF Project

John FLEMING

Regimental number371
Place of birthDon, Tasmania
SchoolSomerset State School, Tasmania
Other trainingEngine driving
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressElliott, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinFather, Robert Fleming, Elliott via Burnie, Tasmania
Enlistment date23 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularFull Name: John William Whistler FLEMING
FateKilled in Action 2 May 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialH.A.C. Cemetery, (Special Memorial B. I), Ecoust-St. Mein, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
152
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Mary Ann FLEMMING, Elliott, Tasmania. Surname on Cemetery Details is spelt : FLEMMING
Family/military connectionsBrother:194 Private Alfred Claude Matthew FLEMING, 40th Battalion, A Company,died of wounds 17 November 1917; First Cousins: 380 Private Francis Leopold GALE, 40th Battalion, B Company, Died of wounds (gas) 30 August 1918, France; 381 Private Lynden Thomas GALE, 40th Battalion, B Company, returned to Australia 18 October 1917, 382 Private Wilfred George GALE, 40th Battalion, B Company, returned to Australia 27 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Print format    


© The AIF Project 2024, UNSW Canberra. Not to be reproduced without permission.