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CUNNINGHAM, David Charles Elston

Service Number:	396
Enlisted:	18 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wallsend New South Wales, Australia, 3 August 1892
Home Town:	West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse driver
Died:	Natural causes, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 17 June 1976, aged 83 years
Cemetery:	Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Cremated - Rose G 1/29
Memorials:	Hamilton War Memorial

World War 1 Service

18 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 396, 34th Infantry Battalion
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 396, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 396, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
16 Aug 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Battle of Messines
12 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 396, 34th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele
29 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 396, 34th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Shell wound face (ear)
12 Dec 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 396, 34th Infantry Battalion, HT Nestor, Liverpool for invaliding to Australia - arriving Melbourne 1 February 1919, then by HT Argyllshire to Sydney, disembarking after quarantine 9 February 1919
28 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 396, 34th Infantry Battalion

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