Roll of Honour
Many family members took up the call and served their country. Some returned but some did not. This page is a tribute to all of my family members who fought to protect us.
I am slowly adding the war records of each person. More will be added over time. These records have been sourced from the National Archives of Australia (NAA).
I am also researching the war stories of family members, here are some of their stories.
- Cunninghams - For King and Country (This is a work in progress, and will be updated)
The following family members served in World Wars 1 and 2, and did not return. Lest we forget.
World War I
Cunningham, Albious Bede (1891 - 1917)
Parents: Matthew Cunningham & Mary Barry
Date of Birth: June 1891
Rank: Private
Number:3017
Unit: 34th Bn (Army)
Date of Death: 16 July 1917
Australian War Memorial Panel:123
Place of Death: Messines Ridge France
Cemetery or Memorial Details: 29 The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Belgium
Cunningham, Innes Clare
Parents: Bernard Cunningham & Mary Ann Angela McInnes
Date of Birth: 13 July 1886
Rank: Private
Number: 4394
Unit: 49th Bn (Army)
Date of Death: 9 October 1917
Australian War Memorial Panel: 82
Place of Death: Passchendaele
Cemetery or Memorial Details: 29 The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Belgium
White, Theodore
Parents: Anthony Perry White & Jane Elizabeth Gordon
Date of Birth: 18 December 1890
Rank: Private
Number: 3461
Unit: 17th Bn (Army)
Date of Death: 10 April 1918
Australian War Memorial Panel: 149
Place of Death: Corbie, Somme, Picardie, France
Cemetery or Memorial Details: La Neuville Communal Cemetery (Row C, Grave 3), France
Byrne, Michael Ambrose
Parents: Edward Masterton Byrne & Anne Elizabeth Bennett
Date of Birth: 1893
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Date of Death: 5 July 1918
Australian War Memorial Panel:
Place of Death: France
Cemetery or Memorial Details: France
World War II
Cunningham, Francis Lindsay
Parents: Noel Hilary Cunningham & Elizabeth Dorothy Croker
Date of Birth: 7 May 1922
Rank: Sergeant
Number: 411753
Unit: 7 Service Flg Trg School (RAAF)
Date of Death:23 January 1942
Place of Death: Deniliquin
Australian War Memorial Panel: 115
Cemetery or Memorial Details: Northern Suburbs Cemetery Sydney NSW
Mooney, Austin Cecil
Parents: Peter John Cecil Mooney & Johanna Ceceilia Sullivan
Date of Birth: 4 May 1914
Rank: Private
Number: NX60364
Unit: 2/19 INF BN (Army)
Date of Death: 19 January 1942
Australian War Memorial Panel: 43
Place of Death: Malaya
Cemetery or Memorial Details:
Mooney, James Martin
Parents: Michael Joseph Bede & Otelia Mary Josephine Mooney
Date of Birth: 8 July 1921
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Number: 424435
Unit: 50 Sqn RAF (RAAF)
Date of Death: 31 March 1944
Australian War Memorial Panel: 127
Place of Death: Germany (Over Nuremburg)
Cemetery or Memorial Details:
Sheekey, Terence Bruce
Parents: Terence Sylvester & Alice Johanna Sheekey
Date of Birth: 29 June 1918
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Date of Death: 16 December 1943
Australian War Memorial Panel:
Place of Death: Ancona Italy
Cemetery or Memorial Details:
Sheekey, Ian Douglas
Parents: Terence Sylvester & Alice Johanna Sheekey
Date of Birth: 28 September 1919
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Date of Death: 28 February 1944
Australian War Memorial Panel:
Place of Death: Petersfield, Hampshire, England
Cemetery or Memorial Details:
The following family members served in World Wars 1 and 2, and returned.
World War I
Cunningham, Alexander Ambrose
Cunningham, Clement Francis
Cunningham, John Francis
Cunningham, Mervyn Kennedy
Cunningham, Noel Hilary
Cunningham, Norbert Mannell
Fitzpatrick, Henry
Moloney, Austin Valentine
Murphy, Edward Roy
Richards, George (Enlisted as George Williams)
Sheekey, James Clement
White, Raymond
World War II
Cunningham, Albert Ignatius
Cunningham, Cecil Francis Worthington
Cunningham, Clement Francis
Cunningham, Francis Bede
Cunningham, James Kevin
Cunningham, John Godfrey
Cunningham, Leo Alister
Cunningham, Mervyn Kennedy
Cunningham, Norbert Mannell
Cunningham, Paul Douglas
Cunningham, Paul Michael
Cunningham, Raymond Barry
Gordon, Bede Mannell (record attached)
Gordon, Hilary Francis
Gordon, Robert Edward (record attached)
Richards, George
Sheekey, David Peter
Sheekey, Kevin Sylvester
Thorpe, Cyril George