CUMMING, Eric Edmund
| Service Number: | 6802 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Colo River, New South Wales, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street high School |
| Occupation: | Bank clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 2 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blacktown War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Parramatta Superior Public School Great War Honour Board, Sydney Commonwealth Bank of Australia Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6802, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6802, 1st Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney | |
| 2 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 6802, 1st Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6802 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-02 |
Eric Edmund Cumming
Eric Edmund Cumming was born at Colo River N.S.W and lived at Quakers Hill before he enlisted .
His father's name was George Edmund Cumming and his mother's name was Amy Rachel Cumming. There is no known record stating he has any brothers or sisters .
Eric Cumming enlisted at Sydney Showgrounds on the the 28th of April. He was 19 years old when he joined the army. He embarked from Sydney on the SS Port Nicholson on the 8th of November,1916 and served on the Western Front.
Before he enlisted he was a bank clerk .
Eric Cummings served with the First Battalion on the Western Front.
Eric Cummings was killed in the action by machine gun fire in an attack on German positions on Broodseinde Ridge in Belgium between 2nd and 5th of October 1917.
Eric Cumming was the son of the Quakers Hill Public School headmaster ,George Edmund Cumming.
He is remembered on the Blacktown Soldier's Memorial and on the Quakers Hill Honour Roll .
BY:Jade Kember
Submitted 8 December 2016 by Susan Hastings
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