Arthur Cargill CUNNINGHAM

Regimental number9/1122
AddressTurakina
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, J W Cunningham, Turakina, Wanganui
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the 5th Reinforcement, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, departed New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 7 'Limerick' and HMNZT 10 'Arawa'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 24 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsButtes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph Watson Cunningham and Helen Donaldson Cunningham, of Wangaehu, New Zealand
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Fifth

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