Greig Cumming

Forenames

Greig AWMM

Surname

Cumming AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/1962 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

W.M. Cumming (father), 68 Church Street West, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/1962 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Gardener/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 04 Mar 1916-08 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 47 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Rifleman AWMM 4th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, E Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Greig Cumming was the son of William Cumming, of 31 Church St. West, Palmerston North, New Zealand, and the late Ella Cumming.

Next of Kin: Mr W. Cummimg, Palmerston North (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

3 Jul 1916 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Cite Bonjean (New Zealand) Memorial, Armentieres, Nord, France AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20994337
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/277737/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/277737
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  26: 28
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 47. The Willochra tatler, or, The unvarished truth of some companies of the 10th Reinforcements, N.Z.E.F. (1916). Christchurch, New Zealand: Christchurch Press Company Limited, printers.