Walter Tilston CUNNINGHAM

CUNNINGHAM, Walter Tilston

Service Number: 505
Enlisted: 31 August 1914, C Company, Sydney
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 1st Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Cudgewa, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Corryong, Towong, Victoria
Schooling: Cudgewa State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Tallangatta, Victoria, Australia, 23 July 1935, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Tallangatta Cemetery
Memorials: Corryong Colac Colac School Roll of Honor, Corryong Cudgewa State School No 1956 Great European War Honor Roll, Cudgewa War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 505, 3rd Infantry Battalion, C Company, Sydney
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 505, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 505, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
9 Jul 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 505, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, WIA - shrapnel wound to scalp and concussion
12 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Company
28 Apr 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Machine Gun Company
7 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 505, 1st Machine Gun Company, WIA (2nd occ.) GSW left buttock, severe
24 Nov 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Machine Gun Company
2 Feb 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Machine Gun Company
10 Mar 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 505, 1st Machine Gun Company, WIA (3rd occ.) Gass
4 Nov 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 505, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , RTA per HT Durham, disembarked Melbourne 23-12-1918
21 Feb 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 505, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Melbourne

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