Service Details
Name:
 CUNNINGHAM
Given Name:
 JOHN WALTER
Initials:
 J W
Service No:
 5474
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1917-09-18
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Son of John Allan Cunningham and Isabel Cunningham, of Isezela, South Coast, Natal, South Africa. Wounded at the Battle of Delville Wood on 18 July 1916 receiving a gunshot wound in his left arm. Initially he was reported as missing. However he later returned to his unit in the Field only to be wounded again on 14 April 1917.
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-V.
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Cemetery:
 DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 X. A. 17.

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