Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - A mụrụ Cumming na Millicent, South Australia, ya na ezinụlọ ya kwagara Western Australia mgbe ọ dị obere. O mere egwuregwu mbụ ya maka Perth Football Club na West Australian Football League (WAFL) mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na ise, ebe ọ ka bụ nwa akwụkwọ sekọndrị. Na 1911, Cumming kwagara Melbourne ịga Mahadum Melbourne, na-egwu egwu oge abụọ maka University Football Club na Victorian Football League (VFL). Mgbe ahụ ọ laghachiri na Perth ma kpọọ otu oge ikpeazụ WAFL na 1914. Cumming sonyere na Australian Imperial Force n'otu afọ ahụ, wee jee ozi na Gallipoli Campaign na Western Front. E nyere ya ihe nrite Military Cross na 1917, ma nata akwụkwọ iwu n'afọ sochirinụ. Ọ nwụrụ site na mmerụ ahụ ọ merụrụ n'agha nke abụọ nke Villers-Bretonneux
Ọ dị mma.