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Son of Walter Ernst MUNCHENBERG and Sarah Lucy Doris May nee BELL

MUNCHENBERG.--On April 18, at North Africa, Ian Walter (Merchant Navy), dearly beloved only son of Lucy and  the late Walter Munchenberg, 41 Spring street, York. Devoted brother of Natalie and Coralie. Aged 18 years.
So sadly mourned.

ANBERRA. - A Government inquiry into the circumstances of the death at Algiers last year of lan  Muchenberg, a young Adelaide seaman, has been  promised by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde). Mr.  Chambers (Lab.. S.A.), who has been pressing for a full inquiry, said today that Munchenberg died of smallpox after having been paid off from a Norwegian ship. He had apparently joined the ship without a passport or inoculation. Munchenberg's widowed mother had heard only indirectly that his grave was at Bone, Algeria. continued Mr. Chambers. She had not received any of her son's belongings. The mother, Mrs. S L. D. Munchenberg. of Spring street, York was paid only one allotment of £10 from his wages. A few months later she received advice of his death.
The young man had attempted to join the R.A.A.F.when he turned 18, but was rejected because of defective sight. He had then joined a Norwegian ship at Port Adelaide and sailed overseas.
Mrs. Munchenberg's efforts to obtain assistance from the Norwegian company and the Repatriation Department had been unsuccessful added Mr. Chambers.