James Edward MUNT MM

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MUNT, James Edward

Service Number:	5426
Enlisted:	14 October 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Laidley, Queensland, Australia, 18 November 1889
Home Town:	Dallarnil, North Burnett, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 10 July 1946, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:	Dallarnil District WW1 Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

14 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5426, 7th Infantry Battalion
20 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5426, 9th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
20 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5426, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
1 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9th Infantry Battalion
16 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, ‘During operations at Broodseinde Ridge east of Ypres from 30 September to 8 October 1917 L/Cpl 9 Battalion Munt was in charge of the ration parties daily. He showed great leadership on all occasions and kept up supplies regularly in spite of enemy barrage, machine gun and snipers’ fire. On one occasion this NCO volunteered to bring forward an extra supply of water after having just returned to the lines with the rations. This he carried out successfully during daylight – passing through the most trying and demoralising enemy shell fire’. (AWM)
3 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5426, 9th Infantry Battalion, France: Shell Wound (leg) and Gas)

World War 2 Service

24 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5426, 9th Infantry Battalion, France: Shell Wounds (head, back and right arm)

World War 1 Service

16 Jan 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5426, 9th Infantry Battalion, to Brisbane per HT Demosthenes

World War 2 Service

3 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5426, 9th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Lance Corporal James Edward Munt MM (Service No:5426) enlisted in the AIF on 14 October 1915 with 7th Battalion. He was attached to 9th Infantry Battalion on 20 April 1916 when he embarked ex Sydney on board SS Hawkes Bay. Private Munt served in France with 9th Infantry Battalion and was promoted to Lance Corporal on 1 June 1917. He was WiA on two occasions in France - suffering shell wounds and gas poisoning. Lance Corporal Munt embarked from England for the RTA per HT Demosthenes on 16 January 1919 and was Discharged later that year.

Born in 1889 in Laidley on the Darling Downs in QLD, James was the fourth of ten children of William James Munt (b1859 in Oxfordshire, England) and Eliza Jane Morton (b1864 in County Cavan, Ireland). Eliza arrived in QLD in 1864 on board the Young England and William arrived in Brisbane QLD in 1874 on board the Alexandra. William (a Farm Labourer) and Eliza married in 1883 in Laidley, QLD where they lived until 1895. The family lived in Bundaberg and Gin Gin before settleing in Dallarnil, Biggenden, QLD in the early 1900s - William was a Farmer.

James worked as a Labourer and Farmer in Dallarnil QLD before his enlistment in WWI, and returned following his Discharge in 1919. In 1921 James married Ellen (Nell) Alice Frazer (nee Horton; b1889 in Yendarie, QLD) - Nell was a Widow. James and Nell settled in Biggenden where James worked as a Labourer and Mechanic before moving to Bundaberg in the late 1930's. James worked as a Labourer until his death 1946. Nell died in 1973.

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