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Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Cunningham, James Service Number 6298
Killed in Action 17th August 1916 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
(© 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
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provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.
This resource is presented by Gosford City Council
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NAME Cunningham, James
SERVICE NO 6298
UNIT 5th Field Ambulance/ 6
th 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 ENLIST-MENT
Liverpool, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE
NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Elizabeth Cunningham, 35 Dalton Rd. Mosman, NSW. & the Late James Cunningham
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
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 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
DIED 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. Memo-rial 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 bat-
tles, and was wounded in the right eye, necessitating two op-
erations. 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 – 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 – James Cunningham, a resident of Gosford most of his life. He enlisted with the Ambu-
lance 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 1st
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 be-
ing 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 sup-
pose 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.
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