MUNRO, Stuart
| Other Name: | Munro, Samuel Edwin Stuart - Birth Name |
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| Service Numbers: | 1143, Officer |
| Enlisted: | 1 October 1914, Rosehill, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woodford Dale, New South Wales, Australia, 30 August 1882 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Woodford Dale, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Solicitor |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
VC Corner Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France Panel 15. |
| Memorials: | V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1143, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Rosehill, New South Wales | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1143, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1143, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Apr 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1143, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for M.E.F Gallipoli per H.M.T. "Derflinger" | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1143, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Alexandria ex M.E.F Gallipoli per H.M.T. "Simla" | |
| 10 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 55th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 55th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Caledonian" | |
| 29 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 55th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 20 Jul 2016: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was previously commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial but the Official Point of Commemoration has been moved from the to V.C. CORNER AUSTRALIAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL, FROMELLES- France because he was killed in action [missing] at Fromelles.
He was 32 and the son of Hugh and Julia Munro, of "Waterview," Woodford Dale, New South Wales.
Biography contributed by VWM Australia
Second Lieutenant Munro noted in his Attestation Papers that he was from Portree Scotland. Investigations have found this not to be the case with his Birth Records indicating his birth was registered in the area of Maclean, New South Wales, Australia. According to the Roll of Honour Circular completed by his mother, he was born in Woodford Dale, Clarence River, New South Wales.
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