Charles Alexander CUMMING

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CUMMING, Charles Alexander

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 27 June 1872
Home Town:	Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Watchmaker, Jeweler, Optometrist
Died:	Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 15 December 1923, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mackay Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
1 Nov 1899:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 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.
23 Jan 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 449 notes 1st QMI embarked 13 Dec 1900 returning to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 17 Jan 1901, disbanded 23 Jan 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Charles Alexander Cumming was born in Queensland (Mackay) on 27 Jun 1872 a son to Andrew Cumming and Lydia Ann Cumming (nee Rowan). After he returned from the South African (Boer) War he returned to live in Mackay marrying Mabel Annie Stayte on 20 Jun 1904. He ran his own business C A Cumming- Watchmaker, Jewler and Optometrist in Victoria St, Mackay.

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