Fred Fielding (6 September 1889 – 8 August 1918) was an

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er who played with

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and Collingwood in the

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Family

The son of James Fielding (-1901), and Winifred Fielding (-1936), née Gleeson, he was born on 6 September 1889.

Military

He enlisted to serve in

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using the name James Gleeson (his father's given name and his mother's maiden name) while in Perth in 1916.

Death

He died in action on the first day of the

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, the final series of offensives by the Allies on the Western Front in World War I.For Freedom's Cause: Deaths: Fielding, ''The Bendigonian'', (Thursday, 5 September 1918), p.3.
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Footnotes

References

Roll of Honour: Private Fred Fielding, also known as James Gleeson (5596), ''Australian War Memorial''.

World War I Service Record: Fred Fielding (a.k.a. James Gleeson) (5596), ''National Archives of Australia''.

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