In Memory Of

CUNNINGHAM, JOHN WALTER

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 5474
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 4th Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1917-09-18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 X. A. 17.
Cemetery:
 DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-V.
Country:
 Belgium
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.