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Edward Hastings CUNNINGHAM

Regimental number520
Place of birthBurwood New South Wales
SchoolSydney Grammar School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationChainman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs C R Cunningham, Courabyra, New South Wales
Enlistment date28 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name2nd Light Horse Brigade, 2nd Signal Troop
AWM Embarkation Roll number22/20/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A30 'Borda' on 22 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Signal Squadron Australian Mounted Division
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied at Gaza Hospital.
FateDied of disease 29 October 1918
Place of death or woundingGaza, Palestine
Age at death22.10
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialGaza War Cemetery (Plot XXVII, Row F, Grave No. 2), Palestine
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Tumbarumba Roll of Honour ('Advance Australia'). Parents: Charles and Harriet CUNINGHAM; husband of Maria CUNINGHAM, Courabyra, New South Wales

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