John Bernard MCCANN

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Service Number:	893
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Born:	1879, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier - Victorian Permanent Artillery
Died:	Enteric Fever, General Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa, 19 June 1901
Cemetery:	Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria, South Africa
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Geelong Boer War Memorial, South Melbourne Boer War Commemorative Drinking Fountain

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 893
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 893, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
15 Feb 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 893, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, SS Orient.
19 Jun 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 893, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Died of Disease.

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