John Currie CUMMING

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Service Number:	1497
Enlisted:	28 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born:	Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Stawell, Northern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Stawell State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Bee farmer/Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Palestine, 31 October 1917
Cemetery:	Beersheba War Cemetery D 22,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Halls Gap Honour Roll, Halls Gap Memorial Gates, Stawell War Memorial

28 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1497, Melbourne, Victoria
21 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1497, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
21 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1497, 8th Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Melbourne
31 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 1497, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron , Battle of Beersheba

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