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CUNNINGHAM, John William

Service Number:	2801
Enlisted:	11 April 1916, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Einasleigh,Queensland, Australia, 27 July 1897
Home Town:	Forsayth, Etheridge, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 12 August 1918, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Georgetown Etheridge War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

11 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2801, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2801, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2801, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney

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