Gordon Albert MUNRO MID

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MUNRO, Gordon Albert

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	30 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yatala Blocks, Woodville, South Australia, 28 August 1894
Home Town:	Kilkenny, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Alberton Public School, Woodville Public School, Adelaide University
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey Panel 34
Memorials:	Adelaide High School Great War Honour Board, Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Croydon War Memorial, Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Queenstown Alberton Public School Great War Honor Roll, South Australian Education Department Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

30 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
31 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1
17 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne
17 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
1 Feb 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-04-25
28 Oct 1915:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography

"Lieut. Munro.

The late Lieut. Munro was born at Kilkenny 21 years ago. He was educated at the Woodville Public School, and was subsequently at Alberton as a training teacher. After that he spent three years at the Adelaide High School, and then returned to Alberton for another 12 months. The deceased officer took a most creditable course at the University of Adelaide. He passed the Higher Public with credit, and was about to study for the B.A. degree when the war broke out, and he enthusiastically volunteered his services. Lieut. Munro was Assistant Secretary and Librarian at the Kilkenny Congregational Sunday School, and was a member of the tennis club." - from the Adelaide Observer 08 May 1915 (nla.gov.au)

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