Ralph CUMMING

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Service Number:	1703
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Born:	Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia, 1873
Home Town:	Wilcannia, Central Darling, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Typhoid toxaemia, Sydney Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7 June 1902
Cemetery:	Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales Buried with military honours. Location: W-16-GE-SL-3865.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Trooper, 1703
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 1703, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
21 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1703, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, SS "British Princess"
2 May 1901:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, 3NSWMR attached to Colonel Remington's column from 2 May 1901 until 28 April 1902.
7 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1703, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Died of Disease.

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