MUNDY, George Albert
| Service Number: | 2245 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 2 April 1895 |
| Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Surry Hills Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Iron worker |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 19 August 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Becourt Military Cemetery Plot I, Row P, Grave No. 3, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2245, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2245, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2245, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His younger brother 5156 Private Amor William Mundy 1st Battalion AIF was killed in action during the taking of Pozieres on the 23-25 July 1916.
Sydney Mail (NSW) 29 November 1916.Killed in Action.
'Mr. A. S. MUNDY of Stanley Street, Leichhardt, has had two sons killed in France. George, writing to his parents on July 31st, said that his brother Amor was killed in the Pozieres charge on 23rd July. 'One of his chums,' he wrote, 'broke the news to me, and took me over to where he lay. He had been hit in the head by a piece of shrapnel shell, and death must have been instantaneous. Try and keep good heart, dear mother, and re-member that God has all of our destinies shaped, and that Amor was called away in the execution of his duty the noblest, duty that man was ever asked to do and fell with his face to the enemy, fighting for the protection of his dear mother and sisters. Be proud a him, and rest content in the knowledge that he was satisfied in doing his share.''
Less than a month after that letter was penned the writer also was killed, and a friend,
describing his death, writes. ‘The officer called on four bomb throwers at 2 a.m. on the 19th August to remove a pile of bombs in front of the trench on "No Man's Land." George was one of them. They went silently over the parapet and were putting the bombs into sandbags when a German shell landed among them, causing a terrible explosion. Two men were blown to pieces, and George had 37 wounds. As he was being carried to the advanced dressing station, he was quite conscious, and said good-bye to his mates. Soon afterwards he died. The officer stated if George, who was one of his best men, had lived he would have been decorated with the Military Medal.’
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