Derwas Goring Charles "Dave" Cumming MC (29 September 1891 – 3 May 1918) was an Australian rules footballer and soldier who was killed in the First World War.

Cumming enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force the same year, and served in the Gallipoli Campaign and on the Western Front.

[3] Cumming's uncle, Brigadier General Michael Derwas Goring-Jones, CMG, DSO, died as a consequence of poison gas in May 1919.

[22] Working for a time at Yalkin, his mother's farm at Doodlakine, Cumming enlisted in the Australian Army in September 1914.

[23] He left Australia on the transport ship Medic in November 1914 as a private in the 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, but transferred to the 16th Battalion in October 1915, where he served in the Gallipoli Campaign.

[24] He was wounded in action at the Battle of Pozières, which necessitated a period of recovery in England, but was promoted to the rank of lieutenant before his return to France.

It was also noted: "[t]his officer's quick appreciation of the situation and prompt and effective action was greatly responsible for the consolidation and final success.

In April 1918, Cumming received a Bar to the Military Cross, for "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in command of a flank company".