John (Nugget) BEAR MM

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Service Number:	7088
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Tunnelling Companies
Born:	Port Pirie, South Australia, date not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Cancer, Frankston, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Frankston Memorial Park and Cemetery

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11 May 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 7088, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 7088, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
15 Aug 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, For continuous good work and dedication to duty and gallantry in the field over a period of 17 months. On 18 August he went over with the first wave of the infantry and under a heavy fire, investigated the roads from Viller-Brettonneox to Warfusse-Abancourt and assisted in removing 14 enemy mines. He has always shown the greatest coolness under fire.
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 7088

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