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MUNRO, Alexander George Roderick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3902 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Second Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hillgrove, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Broome, Broome, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Bunbury State School |
| Occupation: | Telegraphist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broome Roads Board WWI Roll of Honour, Broome War Memorial (New), North Perth Presbyterian Church Honour Roll, Postmaster General's Department Perth WWI HR, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3902, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3902, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3902, 11th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Fremantle | |
| 12 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal | |
| 15 May 1917: | Involvement 3902, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3902 awm_unit: I ANZAC Wireless Section awm_rank: Second Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His brother 3323 Corporal Donald Alan Munro 3rd Brigade Australian Field Artillery was killed in action 1st June, 1917. Age 24.
Both were the sons of Alexander and Jessie Ross Munro. They were born at Hillgrove NSW but the family seemed to move to Bunbury WA in the late 1800's.
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