Cunningham, James

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, EdmundJames Allen Cunningham,

Service Service Number Number 1494 6298 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 17th August 1916 Gallipoli Peninsula France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Cunningham, James

SERVICE NO

6298

UNIT

5th Field Ambulance/ 6th Rienf.

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

23 yrs 10 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Gosford, NSW

ADDRESS OCCUPATION

Bank Clerk

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

2 Jul 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Liverpool, NSW

NEXT OF KIN PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Mother;- Elizabeth Cunningham, 35 Dalton Rd. Mosman, NSW. & the Late James Cunningham Height-5’9¼”.Weight-152lbs. Chest-32-35½ Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Light.

RELIGION

Presbyterian

EMBARKED

Sydney 13 Oct 1915-A17 “Port Lincoln”

DISEMBARKED NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS DIED

16 Jan 1916 to Hosp- Tel-el-ebir-Jaundice 20 Jan 1916 to Hosp Ghezireh - Jaundice 23 Jan 1916 2nd Aux Con Dept Heliopolis-Influenza 17 Aug 1916- France

BURIED

Re-interred Pozieres Brit Cem. Plot 4 Row L Gve 52

MEDALS

1914-15 Star-21517, British War Medal-20922, Victory Medal-20844. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-322269

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

1 small key, Pocket Wallet, Notebook, Testament, Photos, Negatives./ 2 First Aid Books/ Camera

WILL CORRESPONDENCE

Mother;-

REMARKS

Brother;- James Cunningham 35 Dalton Rd Mosman, NSW

GOSFORD TIMES 24.9.1915. A SOLDIER FAMILY. Private George Cunningham, a member of the well known family who resided in Gosford for so many years, was in town on Saturday. Of the four brothers, three have enlisted. Jim and George are both in Liverpool camp, and Tom is in the hospital at Heliopolis. He took part in the famous Gallipoli battles, and was wounded in the right eye, necessitating two operations. A Cable received on 25th August, however, stated that he was doing well and was recovering his eyesight.

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. 19.9.1916. Pg.8. CUNNINGHAM â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Killed in action in France, August 17, 1916, Private James Cunningham, beloved friend of Evie R. Dumbrell, Martin Street, North Sydney.

GOSFORD TIMES 22.9.1916. Killed in France â&#x20AC;&#x201C; James Cunningham, a resident of Gosford most of his life. He enlisted with the Ambulance Corps. Deep sympathy is expressed with the bereaved family.

GOSFORD TIMES. 7.12.1916. A GOSFORD LAD. Mr Thomas Hall, of Gosford, has received the following letter from Private George Cunningham referring to the death of his brother, Jim Cunningham. The letter was written from “Somewhere in France.” I suppose you have heard long before this about poor Jim’s death. It appears that Jim with twelve others of the 1 st Field Ambulance were seated in a dug-out awaiting their turn to carry patients to the dressing station, when an enemy shell struck the dug out, resulting in the death of four and wounding four others, my brother being killed instantly. I last saw him alive a week or so before it happened, when our lot relieved his. I had seen him several times before, and was trying hard to get a transfer so that I would be with him. But I suppose it was just as well I did not succeed, as if I had done so, I would most likely have been in the dug-out with him. Please remember me to all friends. Trust that the Ambulance Corps is still going on in Gosford.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3476998

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