FLEMING  A.C.

Given Names:  Andrew Cumming

               

Service Number:  5599

Unit:  21st Battalion, 15th reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  31 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Tram Conductor                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7¼ In                  

Weight:  157 Lbs

Chest:  37-41 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  24/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Emily Fleming

36 Mary Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  25/9/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Shropshire A9

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

Ship:               

Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  21st Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:                                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  48892

Victory Medal:  48292

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1884

Place:  Creswick, Victoria                        

Father:  Robert Christie FLEMING            

Mother:  Lillias REID

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1912     

Place:             

Spouse: Emily Louisa PERRY

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 10/4/1918                          

Place: Near Albert, France                       

Burial:  Dernancourt Communal Cemetery, France

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 4/10/1917; shrapnel wound, right buttock

Wounded in action 13/2/1917; gun shot wound, left leg

Was asleep when a shell came over the trench and landed under him; it buried him and broke his back; was dug out immediately, but was dead

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

MMTB

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 343052

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Yes

 

Kew Rotary