NUNN, Bertram Royal
| Service Numbers: | Q76440, QX49537, QX49537 (Q76440) |
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| Enlisted: | 21 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/16th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
| Born: | Dinmore, Queensland, Australia, 18 March 1914 |
| Home Town: | Dinmore, Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 16 September 1998, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warrill Park Lawn Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 21 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX49537 | |
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| 21 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Sapper, Q76440, 2nd/16th Field Company / Squadron RAE | |
| 19 Feb 1943: | Discharged Sapper, Q76440, 2nd/16th Field Company / Squadron RAE | |
| 20 Feb 1943: | Involvement Sapper, QX49537 (Q76440), 2nd/16th Field Company / Squadron RAE, FTD 22/9/1941 - also QX49537 | |
| 20 Feb 1943: | Involvement Sapper, QX49537 (Q76440), 2nd/16th Field Company / Squadron RAE, also Q76440 - FTD 22/9/1941 | |
| 20 Feb 1943: | Enlisted Sapper, QX49537 (Q76440), 2nd/16th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Ipswich, Qld, Australia | |
| 5 May 1943: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), QX49537, 2nd/16th Field Company / Squadron RAE, per Beth ex Cairns to Merauke | |
| 13 Dec 1944: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), QX49537, 2nd/16th Field Company / Squadron RAE, per Mexico ex Brisbane to Bougainville | |
| 23 Oct 1945: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), QX49537, 2nd/16th Field Company / Squadron RAE, per Karinba ex Tarokina to Rabaul | |
| 13 Dec 1945: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), QX49537, 2nd/16th Field Company / Squadron RAE, per Westralia ex Rabaul to Brisbane | |
| 20 Dec 1945: | Discharged Sapper, QX49537 (Q76440), 2nd/16th Field Company / Squadron RAE | |
| 20 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX49537 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Bert was the fourteenth of fifteen children of Sidney Nunn (born 1872 in Ipswich, QLD) and Selina Rose Hawkins (aka Rose; born 1877 in Hampshire, England). Rose arrived in Cooktown, QLD with her parents in 1884 on board the Dacca. Sidney was a Miner in Ipswich, QLD when he married Rose in 1895 and they raised their family at Dinmore, Ipswich where Sidney was a Miner until his death in 1919.
Bert had worked as a Labourer at Dinmore, Ipswich and was a Signwriter when he enlisted in the ACMF in March 1941. He was a Sapper (Service No:Q76440) with 16 Australian Field Coy RAE when he enlisted in the Army on 20 February 1943. Bert was a Sapper (QX49537) with 16 Australian Field Coy RAE - promoted to Lance Corporal in April 1942, then reverting to Sapper. He served in Merauke (1943/1944), Bougainville (1944) and Rabaul (1945) and was Discharged on 20 December 1945.
In December 1945 Bert married Evelyn Ruby May Young (nee Bell; born 1908 in Ipswich, QLD). Bert and Evelyn settled at Dinmore in Ipswich, QLD where Bert worked as a Labourer. He died in 1998 and Evelyn died in 1993.
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