Alexander George CUMMING

CUMMING, Alexander George

    Service Number: 58
    Enlisted: 10 September 1914, Bendigo, Vic.
    Last Rank: Driver
    Last Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Boort, Victoria, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Marist Brothers College, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Farm Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, The Nek, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll, North Bendigo State School No 1267 Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 58, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Bendigo, Vic.
    1 Jan 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Vic
    25 Feb 1915: Involvement Driver, 58, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
    25 Feb 1915: Embarked Driver, 58, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
    7 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 58, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Cousins:

    139 Pte Richard Edward CUMMING, 10th Light Horse Regiment, killed in action in same charge at the Nek, 7 August 1915;

    1022 CSM James CUMMING, Imperial Camel Brigade, returned to Australia, 23 December 1918;

    728 Gunner Alexander CUMMING, Heavy Artillery Group.

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