Margaret CUMMING MID

CUMMING, Margaret

Service Number: Staff Nurse
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Staff Nurse
Last Unit: Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR)
Born: Meredith, Victoria, Australia, 1871
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Nurse
Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 15 November 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
Rose Garden No.2 Companion Roses, Garden Bed BBB, Position 29
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World War 1 Service

14 Apr 1915: Embarked Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR), Embarked on Orontes
Date unknown: Involvement Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR)

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Daughter of John CUMMING and Marion nee McMILLAN
Did not marry

Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 6 April 1916
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 859, position 15
Date of London Gazette: 1 January 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 69, position 2

Miss Margaret Cumming, whose name also appears in the honour list, trained at the Melbourne Hospital. She went to France as a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Weekly Times Vic. Saturday 08 January 1916 page 10

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