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CUMNER, Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 180 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 17 February 1878 |
| Home Town: | Gatton, Lockyer Valley, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Enteric Fever, Kimberley, South Africa, Kimberley, Kimberley Area, Cape Colony, South Africa, Deelfontein, Great Karoo, Northern Cape, South Africa, 7 April 1900, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Anzac Square Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gatton Boer War Memorial |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 180, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Corporal, 180, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 180, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Thomas CUMNER was born on 17th February, 1898 in Queensland
His parents were Thomas CUMNER & Susannah OSBORNE
He served in the Boer War and died from Enteric Fever on 20th March, 1900 and is buried in the Gladstone Cemetery, South Africa
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