Thomas CUMNER

CUMNER, Thomas

Service Number: 180
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
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 180, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
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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Biography 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