Edward Augustus CUMMINS

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CUMMINS, Edward Augustus

Service Number:	418
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	New South Wales Citizen Bushmen
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 1878
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Natural causes, Tanby, Queensland, 19 October 1951
Cemetery:	North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld
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Boer War Service

1 Feb 1900:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 418, New South Wales Citizen Bushmen

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Son of Edward Cummins and Mary Ann Heffernan

"FOUND DEAD

Edward Cummins, about 73, pensioner, single, living at Tanby, was found dead about 11.30 a.m. yesterday by Mr Strange, Yeppoon. It was stated that death had occurred during the night, and was due to natural causes. The police were notified and the body brought to Rockhampton. It is believed that Cummins, before he came to live at Tanby, was a farmer in the Dawson Valley." - from the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin 20 Oct 1951 (nla.gov.au)

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