MUNRO, Alfred Hassell
| Service Number: | 3432 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 November 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Banchory, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Central Public School, Banchory, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Magill War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3432, 50th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 3432, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 3432, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide |
ALFRED HASSELL MUNRO
Alfred Hassell Munro Reg. No. 3432 was born in Banchory, near Aberdeen, Scotland. He was the son of James and Sarah Ann Munro also from Banchory. He joined the 50th Infantry Battalion in South Australia. Prior to enlisting he was employed by Griffith Brothers Adelaide as a traveller. Griffith Brothers were, and still are retailers of tea, coffee and chocolate products in South Australia. He embarked from Adelaide on the HMAT Seang Bee, on the 10th February 1917. When checking through his army files, it is evident how short his army career was, compared to others. His entire career was stated in a couple of lines. 11/8/1917 arrived in France. 28/8/1917 accepted into unit Belgium. 30/9/1917 Killed in action, in the field, Belgium. His next of kin was his brother George Munro, then living in North Wales. His will was made out to his sister, Miss Katherine Kennedy Munro, Scotland. One can only assume his parents were deceased by the time he enlisted. Although he has no grave, his death was witnessed. Hand written on the bottom of his army record it states. “Buried near Westhoek, 1 1/2 miles S.W. of Zonnebeke.” Again one has to assume, a proper burial was not able to be carried out at that time. His name is memorialised on the Menin Gate memorial at Ypres, Belgium.
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Submitted 8 April 2016 by Campbelltown Library Volunteers (Digital Diggers)
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