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Son of Murray Richard and Elsie Lucresia Munro; husband of Gladys Mary Munro, of Dubbo, New South Wales.

Formerly a member of the militia, he enlisted in the AIF at the outbreak of war but, annoyed at his inability to be drafted to leave Australia, he transferred to the RAAF. His rise has been the reward of keenness and ability.  P/O Munro has been a lucky man. If he had not joined the RAAAF, he would have been a member of the Eighth Division, AIF, which  fought in Malaya. Apart from that, he has participated in numerous operational flights in bombers based in Britain and to date emerged unscathed, although he confesses he has  had more than one narrow squeak.

No Trace of Four Missing
Airmen
SYDNEY. Tuesday.
Extensive searches by service aircraft have failed to local four members of an RAAF aircraft which failed to return from an operational flight off the coast of Queensland. They are:
P/ O Alan Richard Hammond Stone, pilot, married, of Woollahra.
P/O Alfred Ashton Young, navigator, married, of Coogee.
F/O Allan Gordon Munro, wireless operator, married, of Parklington. Yorkshire. England.
F./O John Ashurst Ward, wireless operator. single, of Prospect, SA.

PERIODICALLY, Air Force News reports on airmen who, having survived the dangers of missions over enemy territory, were lost in accidents or incidents over friendly territory. One such accident involved 32SQN Beaufort A9-642 on December 27, 1944, on an anti-submarine patrol north-east of Brisbane. During the flight, the weather deteriorated and the  aircraft was recalled. However, all contact was lost shortly afterwards and, despite an extensive search, the aircraft and its crew were never seen again. FLGOFFs John Ashurst  Ward, Allan Gordon Munro, Alan Richard Hammond Stone and Alfred Ashton Young were lost without trace.

Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Munro, of Darling Street, Dubbo, have received official information that their son, Flying Officer Allan Gordon Munro, who was reported missing in December  1944 after a flight off the Queensland coast, is now presumed to be dead. Flying Officer Munro was an employee of the Western Stores and Edgleys, Dubbo branch, prior to his  enlistment in the R.A.A.F. After undergoing training in Australia he went to England where he served as a wireless air gunner in Halifaxes, making several flights over Germany. On returning to Australia he was assigned to patrol duties in Beauforts, and it was while so engaged that he lost his life. 
He married in England, and his widow has arrived in Australia with her small daughter to live with parents-in-law.