Topic: AIF - 3B - 3 LHMGS
3rd LHMGS, AIF
3rd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron
John Currie Cumming
John Currie Cumming's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
John Currie Cumming
Service number: 1497
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 31 October 1917
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: PALESTINE 1 Beersheba War Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: CUMMING, Tpr. John Currie, 1497. 3rd Australian L.H. Machine Gun Sqdn. Killed in action 31st Oct., 1917. Son of Thomas and Helen Cumming of Bennett St., Stawell, Victoria, Australia. D. 22.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of John Currie Cumming from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | *1497 |
| School | State School No. 502, Stawell, Victoria |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Labourer |
| Address | Stawell, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 26 |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs T Cumming, Hall's Gap, Stawell, Victoria |
| Enlistment date | 28 July 1915 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 8th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/13/3 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Hawkes Bay on 21 October 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron |
| Fate | Killed in Action 31 October 1917 |
| Place of death or wounding | Tel-el-Saba, Palestine |
| Age at death | 29.3 |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
3rd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, AIF
3rd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, Roll of Honour
The Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917
Citation: 3rd LHMGS, AIF, Roll of Honour, John Currie Cumming
