INDIAN ARMY OFFICER HERO OF MALAYAN FIGHTING—By his outstanding gallantry and devotion to duty, Lieut.-Colonel A. E. Cumming. V.C., M.C., who was in command of the 12th Frontier Force Regiment fighting in Malaya, won the Third Indian Army V.C. of this war. He led a small counter-attacking party against strong enemy forces while Brigade Headquarters and a battalion were withdrawn. The whole of the party was killed or wounded, but in spite of two bayonet wounds in the stomach and two other wounds, he carried on. collecting detachments of men in a carrier and only retiring when the brigade had been safely withdrawn. He and’his driver were the sole survivors in the locality.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 November 1942, Page 4
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113INDIAN ARMY OFFICER HERO OF MALAYAN FIGHTING—By his outstanding gallantry and devotion to duty, Lieut.-Colonel A. E. Cumming. V.C., M.C., who was in command of the 12th Frontier Force Regiment fighting in Malaya, won the Third Indian Army V.C. of this war. He led a small counter-attacking party against strong enemy forces while Brigade Headquarters and a battalion were withdrawn. The whole of the party was killed or wounded, but in spite of two bayonet wounds in the stomach and two other wounds, he carried on. collecting detachments of men in a carrier and only retiring when the brigade had been safely withdrawn. He and’his driver were the sole survivors in the locality. Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 November 1942, Page 4
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