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Captain Eric Douglas Cummings (13 April 1896 – 27 October 1979) was an Australian World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories while flying for the Australian Flying Corps. Postwar, he was an integral part of fund-raising campaigns to care for his fellow Australian military veterans. He then served in the Royal Air Force reserves until reactivated for service during World War II. ==Early life== Cummings was born to Doctor and Mrs. H. L. Cummings in Franklin, Tasmania, Australia on 13 April 1896. He had a brother, Roy, who would serve in the Australian Flying Corps with him.〔(''The Hobart Mercury,'' 9 August 1918, p. 6.) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11404583?searchTerm=%22Eric%20Cummings%22&searchLimits=fromdd=01|||frommm=01|||fromyyyy=1914|||todd=01|||tomm=01|||toyyyy=1982|||l-word= *ignore *%7C *ignore *|||sortby=dateAsc#pstart892840 Retrieved 3 July 2011.〕 Cummings (serial number 1026) enlisted in the 2nd Signal Company AIF on 27 October 1914, giving his profession as cart driver and claiming 15 months prior service in C Company, 93rd Regiment of the militia.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/australi/attestation/cummings1.php Retrieved 6 July 2011.〕 He embarked for departure from Australia in December 1914; he was in the 15th Battalion (Australia) as a bugler. He served in the Gallipoli Campaign before transferring to aviation.〔(''The (Hobart) Mercury'', 29 August 1919, p. 5.) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12363453?searchTerm=%22Eric%20Cummings%22&searchLimits=l-textSearchScope= *ignore *%7C *ignore *|||l-word= *ignore *%7C *ignore *|||fromyyyy=1914|||tomm=01|||toyyyy=1982|||todd=01|||frommm=01|||fromdd=01|||sortby=dateAsc Retrieved 5 July 2011.〕〔http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/first_world_war_embarkation/?Name=eric%20douglas%20cummings&ServiceNumber=&Unit= Retrieved 3 July 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eric Douglas Cummings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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