MUNDY, Amor William
| Service Number: | 5156 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 2 October 1892 |
| Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Redfern Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Upholsterer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 22 July 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5156, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5156, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5156, 1st Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Amor only joined the 1st Battalion in France on the 7 July 1916 and was killed in action during the taking of Pozieres a little over a fortnight later. His younger brother 2245 Private George Albert Mundy 3rd Battalion AIF died of wounds less than a month later, also at Pozieres.
His father wrote to the AIF on 17 September 1916,
‘Having lost my two sons in this awful war, I would esteem it a great favour if you could get me the information. I am asking if you could let me know what date my son Amor William died, nature of wound and what battle and place. Also, my son George Albert, what battle and place, when wounded, nature of wound, what hospital he died in, or where. By supplying the above information, you will oblige their sorrowing father, mother and family…. I remain, yours truly, Amor Samuel Mundy.
His brother George Mundy wrote to his parents, 31 July 1916: 'My Dear Mother and Father:-You have all heard before this of poor Amor's death. He was killed late on Saturday night, 23rd July, in the charge on Pozieres of which you will have read about. One of the chaps who belong to his tent came over to our trenches the next morning, broke the news to me, and took me over to see where he lay. He had been hit in the head with a piece of shrapnel shell, and death must have been instantaneous, as he was lying just as he had fallen, and was not disfigured. Dear Mum, you must not grieve too much and upset yourself, although it is very hard for you to bear, and remember that Amor died doing his duty in one of the biggest battles, and that it was successful.....'
Leichhardt Advertiser, 15 December 1916.
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