Edward Charles MUNRO MM

MUNRO, Edward Charles

Service Number: 13629
Enlisted: 10 September 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 5th Field Ambulance
Born: Fullham, England, 21 June 1896
Home Town: Burpengary, Moreton Bay, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 12 January 1995, aged 98 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld
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Memorials: Burpengary Honour Roll, Caboolture District WW1 Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 13629, Brisbane, Queensland
29 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 13629, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
29 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 13629, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
28 May 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Field Ambulance
29 Nov 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13629, 5th Field Ambulance

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Returned to Australia for discharge "in view of the fact that two of his brothers have died on service."

Awarded the Military Medal (www.awm.gov.au) on 02 Jul 1917

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Edward Charles Henry Munro was the third son of Charles Munro and Jane Mary Stocks Sutherland, who lived at Dunbeath, Burpengary. He and his brother, Christian, had arrived in Australia in 1913 a year before the rest of the family. He was single and farming at Burpengary at the time of his enlistment in September 1915. Edward was awarded the Military Medal for:
In May 1917, he was part of a stretcher squad carrying wounded north of Noreuil, when an enemy shell fell in the dump causing a fire and a great explosion killing and wounding number of men near by. The stretcher squad with utter disregard of danger rushed to the spot and attended the wounded and carried them away in safety in spite of an intense enemy barrage following on the explosion.
They carried wounded continuously for 36 hours in spite of heavy barrages. Between the hours of 4 & 6 a.m. on that date the barrage was particularly heavy and there were no troops moving on the road at the time on account of the heavy fire. In spite this 28 cases were carried 1 and three-quarters of a mile to a place of safety. During this time they frequently stopped to attend to wounded on the way. [Source: Commonwealth Gazette No. 189. Dated 8 November 1917]
Two younger brothers, Christian [3181] and James Donald Sutherland [82 and 150] also enlisted but both were killed whilst overseas. His father, Charles [1310], was to enlist as well. After hearing of the death of two of her sons and Edward receiving the Military Medal, his mother wrote requesting that Edward be returned home. After his discharge, Edward entered the public service in Brisbane, Queensland. He married Eileen Beatrice Mary Hill in 1925 and they lived at Geebung, Queensland until 1954.

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