John Nelson MUNTZ

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Service Number:	588
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Fourth (Imperial) Bushman Contingent, Victoria
Born:	Woodend, Victoria, Australia, 27 July 1874
Home Town:	Nathalia, Moira Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Cancer, Corrigan, Western Australia, Australia, 18 October 1951, aged 77 years
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Gardens Section C 0021.
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Corporal, 588
1 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 588, Fourth (Imperial) Bushman Contingent, Victoria, Departed from Melbourne on SS "Victorian" for Portuguese East Africa. Disembarked at Beira on 23 May 1900 to entrain to Rhodesia.
23 May 1900:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, Fourth (Imperial) Bushman Contingent, Victoria
22 Jun 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 588, Fourth (Imperial) Bushman Contingent, Victoria, R.T.A. from East London on the SS Orient. Disembarked at Port Melbourne on 12 July 1901.
31 Jul 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 588, Fourth (Imperial) Bushman Contingent, Victoria, Awarded QSA medal with five clasps: CC/OFS/TVL/RHOD/1901.

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