Geoffrey Ivon CUMMINGS

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CUMMINGS, Geoffrey Ivon

Service Number:	2167
Enlisted:	3 December 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
Born:	Sheringa, South Australia, 22 August 1895
Home Town:	Sheringa, Elliston, South Australia
Schooling:	Sheringa Public School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Musselabeh, Palestine, 11 April 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Jerusalem War Cemetery Grave Reference: H. 76. Also memorialised on a headstone in Sheringa Cemetery, Flinders Highway Sheringa, South Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Elliston War Memorial

World War 1 Service

3 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
16 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2167, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
16 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2167, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide
11 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 2167, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2167 awm_unit: 1 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-04-11
Date unknown:	Wounded 2167, 3rd Light Horse Regiment

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Biography

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION, SHERINGA CEMETERY.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

OUR DEAR SON, GRANDSON & BROTHER

No. 2167 PRIVATE GEOFFREY IVON CUMMINGS

IMPERIAL CAMEL CORPS, LATE 3^rd LIGHT HORSE.

KILLED IN ACTION, IN PALESTINE.

APRIL 11, 1918.

AGED 22 YEARS, 8 MONTHS.

ALSO OF

OUR TWO NEPHEWS & GRANDSONS.

TROOPER ALLAN GUY MONFRAY CUMMINGS

KILLED ON GALLIPOLI, JUNE 9, 1915.

AGED 25 YEARS.

AND

HUGH MARK CUMMINGS

BROTHER OF THE ABOVE

KILLED IN FRANCE, APRIL 9, 1917.

AGED 20 YEARS

“THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY,

AND THEIR SOULS TO GOD”.

“THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”.

"IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE.

CUMMINGS.— In remembrance of Private Geoffrey Ivon Cummings (Imperial Camel Corps), who on the 11th April, 1913, at Musselabeh, Palestine, gave his life for his country. "Was it not a great end?" - from the Adelaide Register 11 Apr 1922 (nla.gov.au)

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