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Cpl
Miner was born in Chatham, Ontario, 24 June 1891. He was posthumously
awarded the Victoria Cross for his selfless acts of bravery and devotion
to duty in the
battle for Demuin, east of
Amiens,
8 August 1918. The citation reads in part”…he rushed an enemy machine-gun
post, single-handed, killed the entire crew, and turned the gun on the
enemy. He then attacked another machine-gun post, putting it out of action
and though mortally wounded finally rushed a bombing post, bayoneting two
enemy and putting the remainder to fight. Cpl Miner is buried at
Crouy-sur-Somme, British Military Cemetery.
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