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CUNNINGHAM, Andrew Twynam

Service Number:	359
Enlisted:	28 August 1914
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born:	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, 12 September 1891
Home Town:	Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan, New South Wales
Schooling:	Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Pastoralist
Died:	Injuries (car accident), Prince of Wales Hospital, New South Wales, 19 August 1959, aged 67 years
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW plot number 530F
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World War 1 Service

28 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 359, 1st Light Horse Regiment
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 359, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
9 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 359, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
18 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 359, 1st Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
28 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Light Horse Regiment
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations
28 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 2nd Light Horse Brigade HQ, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations
10 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1
10 Jul 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations

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Biography

Wounded in Action 18 May 1915 shrapnel to knee

Wounded in Action 7 August 1915 BW to neck