AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS 2 Fleer, Johannes Cornelis

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Fleer​

• FORENAME

Johannes Cornelis ("Hans")​

• UNIT

2nd Commando Regiment​

• RANK

Honorary Colonel​

• NUMBER

44041​

• DATE OF DEATH

5th April 2013​

• AGE

63​

• GRAVESITE

Springvale Garden of Remembrance, Victoria, South Australia​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 27.04.1949, Leiden Zuid, Holland​

father John Fleer​

mother Ann Fleer​

wife Helen Fleer​

son Michael, daughter Melanie​

08.1956 arrived Australia​

attended Adelaide High School​

02.05.1966 enlisted Adelaide, South Australia​

3rd, 4th & 6th Battalion of Royal Australian Regiment​

2 tours Vietnam (21.05.1968 - 12.05.1970)​

1970s/1980s SAS​

4 RAR​

2nd Commando​

awarded DCM (Vietnam), AM​

died 05.04.2013 Frankston Hospital, Victoria (due Melanoma)​

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