Trooper Thomas Cunningham, From Down, Enlists in AIF 1915

#OnThisDay 1915 Trooper Thomas Cunningham, a carpenter from Raffrey, Co. Down enlisted in the Australian Army in Brisbane. He served with the 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment in Egypt &was killed in action barely a year later defending the Suez Canal.

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