MURNANE, William Ewart
| Service Numbers: | 4155, 3198 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1916, Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Panmure, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Panmure, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 October 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Panmure Volunteers of Panmure who served in the Great War, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4155, Warrnambool, Victoria | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4155, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4155, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3198, 60th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3198, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 1 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3198, 46th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3198 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-01 | |
| 1 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3198, 46th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Andreena Hockley
"PRIVATE W. E. MURNANE.
Quite a gloom was spread over this little township on Thursday last, writes our Panmure correspondent, when the Rev. J. W. Arnold had to break the sad news to Mr. and Mrs. Murnane that their son, Pte. W. E. (Ewart) Murnane, had died of wounds. The late Pte. Murnane enlisted in September 1916, and after spending ten or twelve days in camp sailed for England on Oct. 21. However, he did not get far on his journey, when he contracted a contagious disease, and disembarked at Adelaide. After remaining several weeks in the Military Hospital at that place he returned to Victoria, and had a week's leave. He soon recovered from his illness, and sailed again about the middle of December, 1916. He arrived in England after a wearisome journey, went through his laborious training, and eventually went to the front. No particulars of his fatal wounds have come to hand yet, only that he died on the 1st of October, 1917. Ewart was beloved by all who knew him, and was known far and wide for his marked musical abilities. He was a first-class violinist and cornet player. His brother, Alf, who was "gassed" some time ago, is, as far as his parents know, still at the front in France."
Source: The Warrnambool Standard, Tuesday 30th October, 1917.
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