James Alexander CUNNINGHAM

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CUNNINGHAM, James Alexander

Service Number:	34
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 4 May 1877
Home Town:	Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 24 August 1974, aged 97 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Plot: 2F-8-445
Memorials:	Maryborough Boer War Honour Roll

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 34
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 34, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901.
16 Jan 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 34, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 53, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Fortunatus arriving Brisbane 9 Jan 1902, discharged 16 Jan 1902.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

NOK Mrs. H DAVIS, Queen Street, Maryborough, Qld.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When James Alexander Cunningham enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. H. Davis, Queen St, Maryborough. In the original Nominal Roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, it is noted his N.O.K. was his sister Mrs. H. Davis. His sister Margaret Ellen (Helen) Cunnungham had married Henry Davis in 1898.

James Alexander Cunningham was born on 4 May 1877 in Queensland, a son to David Cunningham and Lillias Taylor Cunningham (nee Rankin). He married Margaret Crimmins and they had 3 children.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 510; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 1; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 53).

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