CUNNINGHAM, James Forest Turnbull
| Service Number: | 3898 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Beenleigh, Qld., 1888 |
| Home Town: | Young, Young, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Southport College |
| Occupation: | Dentist |
| Died: | Tea Gardens, NSW, May 1940, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Tea Gardens Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3898, 5th Field Ambulance | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 3898, 5th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 3898, 5th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ajana, Sydney |
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OBITUARY
THE LATE J F. CUNNINGHAM.
Dungog 'Chronicle,' referring to the death at Tea Gardens last week of Capt. James Forest Turnbull Cunningham, 50, says he enlisted for service in the infantry in the Great War, later transferred to the 5th Light Horse, and was later drafted to the dental corps. He earned his commission as Captain. A war legacy eventually claimed him, and over recent years he endured long suffering. Deceased was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Cunningham, of "Clifton Hall, " Manly. He was born at Beenleigh, in Queensland, and educated at Southport College. He came to New South Wales at the age of 18 to study dentistry in Sydney. Later he went to Dungog as dental assistant to Mr. F. C. A. Pile. He moved throughout the State, and, at different periods, practised in his dental profession at Adolong, Tuinut, Petersham, Coraki, Forster, Port Macquarie and Dungog. He was a member of the Returned Soldiers' League, and revelled in singing a good song and assisted in many concert programmes. His favorite sports were boating, sailing and fishing, and the seaboard claimed his leisure hours. Some six months ago he went to Tea Gardens, hoping in its bracing climate to build up his waning strength. The late Captain Cunningham married Miss Olga Bennett, daughter of the late Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., and Mrs. Bennett, of Dungog, and his widow and one daughter, Miss Margaret, survive him. Miss Margaret is at present attending St. Ursula's College at Armidale. Mrs. Keown, of Manly, a sister, Miss May Cunningham, of Manly, step-sister, and Mr. W. Cunningham, of Darling Downs, Queensland, step-brother, also survive him. Dungog, Raymond Terrace and Tea Gardens branches of the Returned Soldiers' League were represented at the funeral, which took place in Tea Gardens Church of England cemetery. Rev. Geo. Rooke, of William Town, conducted a service at the residence and later officiated at the graveside. Deceased was accorded burial with Masonic honors, the Masonic service being delivered by Wor. Bro. Jonah Bevan, of Lodge Port Stephens, in the company of a number of members of the Lodge. At the graveside Rev. Rooke made feeling reference to deceased's patient suffering and his Christian spirit.