CUNNINGHAM, James Robert
| Service Numbers: | 21589, VX126926 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 January 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Birchip, Victoria, Australia , 29 August 1898 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer / Business Manager |
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World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1918: | Embarked Sapper, 21589, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
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| 28 Feb 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 21589, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 2 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX126926 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Larna Malone
James Robert Cunningham was born in Pannoobamawm, via Rochester, Vic., the son of Thomas Cunningham. He was a Grocer and aged 19 when he subscribed in Bendigo on 17.11.17. He embarked for overseas on 28.2.1918 with Field Company Engineers, Special Draft Reinforcements, with Service No. 21589. He was then appointed to 4th Field Company Engineers. He embarked for return to Australia on 15.12.19.
After the war he served in the CMF as a Sergeant, no V17880, in 1 Aust BOD. During WW2 he enlisted in the AIF, attesting in Maryborough on 11.8.41. His Service No. was VX 126926. He was 44 years of age, a Business Manager, and married to Jessie Cunningham.
“The Men Listed on the Roll of Honour, St John’s Presbyterian Church, Bendigo”: Larna Malone