MUNDAY, James Joseph
| Service Number: | 142 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 7 July 1887 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | 1955, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Geelong Barwon Rowing Club Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 142, 4th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 142, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 142, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James Joseph Munday played 33 games of Australian Rules football for Geelong in the then Victorian Football League between 1904-1906. He was only 16 years of age when he played his first game. He was one of the first to enlist in August 1914, in to the 4th Light Horse Regiment. His regiment landed on Gallipoli 22 May 1915. The following article appeared in several Victorian newspapers during June 1915.
DEATH STRUGGLE ON A CLIFF. AUSTRALIAN V. TURK.
Some weeks ago -there appeared in 'The Age' a cabled account of an exciting conflict between an Australian soldier, whose name was not given, and a Turk at Sari Bair, in Gallipoli, in which the Australian, in a hand-to-hand encounter on a high cliff, dragged the Turk over the cliff into the sea, and then held his head under the water until he drowned. Word has been received that the hero of the encounter is Sergeant J. J. Munday who was a resident of Cressy. When war broke out, he was working at the Western Plains Farmers' Cooperative Store and was a prominent footballer. He was a well-built man, weighed 13 stone and feared no danger. Sergeant Munday was one of the first volunteers from this district.
Jim Munday served in France and in March 1918 was attached to the 10th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery as part of the Third Division which was rushed to the Somme region to stem the German Offensive there. It clashed repeatedly with the advancing Germans, halting their advance at Morlancourt and Villers Bretonneux. James was promoted to temporary Captain in May and Acting Officer Commanding; he was in this role during the Battle of Hamel. His rank of temporary Captain was relinquished in August when he ceased to command the 10th ALTMB after he was accidentally injured resulting in a contusion to his left foot and sent to hospital, first France then England. He returned home to Australia in November 1918.
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