CUMMINS, Joseph Jeremiah
| Service Number: | Officer |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 January 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force |
| Born: | Leighton Bridge, County Carlow, Ireland, 10 October 1878 |
| Home Town: | Beenleigh, Logan, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer, Teacher and Suveyor |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 31 July 1936, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery ANGLICAN 2-135. 2. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, Officer, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force | |
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| 14 Sep 1920: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel |
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From Gary Mitchell
Have I been forgotten?
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
84 years ago today, on the Sunday afternoon of the 2nd August 1936 (3 funerals on this day), Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Jeremiah Cummins, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, teacher from Beenleigh Queensland and Toowong, QLD and Manly, N.S.W. and Newcastle, N.S.W., father of three, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 57. ANGLICAN 2-135. 2.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140506584 - funeral notice does not state service.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140506512
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140496800
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140503399
Born at Leighton Bridge, County Carlow, Ireland on the 10th October 1878 to James and Bridget Cummins; husband of Amy Amelia Cummins nee? (married ?, died 1940), Joseph enlisted January 1917 at Brisbane, Queensland.
Mr Cummins did not return home until May 1921, being discharged from duty 22nd July 1921.
I have not as yet located Joseph’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
Mr Cummin’s headstone gives us no indication of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance, supplied by Andrea Gerrard and John Thomas.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=19671#2
This gravesite for a Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st A.I.F. and his wife is in urgent need of restoration, so I am hoping for descendants to be made aware and act accordingly.
Service record states Died after Discharge.
Lest We Forget.
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