James William BEAR

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Service Number:	6716
Enlisted:	8 August 1916, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cucumgillica, New South Wales, 1892
Home Town:	Cowra, Cowra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowra & District Great War Honor Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

8 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Cootamundra, New South Wales
8 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6716, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6716, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney

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