Cuninghame, William Alan Fairlie

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Bart., M.C., B.E. : Lieutenant, 5th Pioneer Battn. and 1st Field Coy., Engineers, A.I.F., France. Enlisting 29th March, 1915, and sailing 9th September with 1st Field Coy. Engineers, transferred in Egypt to 13th Coy. and thence to 5th Pioneer Battn. 6th March, 1916. Crossing to France, served at Fleurbaix, Somme, Ypres, Passchendaele, Messines, Somme and elsewhere till demobilisation, though slightly wounded at Hargicourt, 29th September, 1918. Promoted second-lieutenant, 26th March, and lieutenant, 16th September, 1916. Awarded M.C. 3rd September, 1918, and Mentioned in Despatches. Early education at All Saints'' College, Bathurst. Later at St. Paul's.

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1893

Birth in Mansfield -- Vic., Australia 31 January 1893
1893

Birth 31 Jan 1893 at Mansfield [ Vic. Australia ]
1911

Early education at All Saints' College, Bathurst, NSW, Australia 1911
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Enlisted 29 Mar 1915
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Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France
1918

Military award: M.C. Military Cross on 1918-09-03
1929

Married 2 Jul 1929 at St Mark's Church : Darling Point [ NSW Australia ]
1937

Teacher at Vaucluse -- NSW, Australia 1937
1939

Titled 1939
1943

Engineer at CSIRO, National Standards Lab -- NSW, Australia 1943
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
1981

Death in Gordon -- NSW, Australia 15 December 1981

University connections	University of Sydney
Event flag	World War I World War II
Family name	Cuninghame
Given name(s)	William Alan Fairlie
Initials	W.A.F.
Honorific	Sir
Gender	Male
Survived	Survived WWI
PDF of book entry	CUNINGHAME SIR WILLIAM ALAN FAIRLIE.pdf [ file_data/pdfs_from_BOR pdf 20033 ]
Later at - SYDNEY UNI ONLY	St Paul's College, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
USyd residential college	St. Paul's College, University of Sydney
Additional photograph(s)
Parental occupation	Pastoralist
Internal notes	Reserve of Officers in WWII Served in Reserve of officers WWII
WWI	Yes
Basic Information needed	No
Flag BoR OCR text	Yes
BOR Archives File	Yes
Source Details text	Note on B1914
PrevProv	Yes

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