Australian Army Veterinary Corps
Cyril Charles FLEMING
Trooper
Died 11 November 1918 · Aged c. 25
His story
Cyril Charles Fleming was born in Tasmania in 1893 and worked as a groom. He married Rene Lily Baylis and had a young son. Fleming served first with the 1st Remount Unit in Egypt and later with the 3rd Mobile Veterinary Section in France. He died from bronchopneumonia on Armistice Day, 11 November 1918, and was buried at Abbeville.
Before the war
- Nationality
- Australian
- Date of birth
- January 1893
- Place of birth
- Mooringa, Tasmania (Virtual War Memorial)
- Occupation
- Groom
- Residence recorded
- Launceston, Tasmania (memorial hometown); family connections at Scottsdale and later Gladstone
- Family
- Married Rene Lily Baylis; one young son identified
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Trooper
- Service number
- 1093
- Corps or service
- Australian Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- 1st Remount Unit in Egypt; later 3rd Mobile Veterinary Section in France
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 11 November 1918
- Age
- about 25
- Place of death
- France
- Recorded cause
- Bronchopneumonia
- Cemetery or memorial
- Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
Connected men
- Fred BELVERSTONEAlso buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
- Herbert Kirkham BROWNAlso buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
- George Charles LIVIEAlso buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
- Wortham PEARMAINAlso buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
Sources and further reading
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Cyril Charles Fleming”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/cyril_charles_fleming/.
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