MUNRO, Thomas Gascoyne
| Service Number: | 9 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Albion, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Police Officer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, 8 September 1903 |
| Cemetery: |
Braamfontein Cemetery, Braamfontein, Gauteng, South Africa Grave No.: 12.481 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 9, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 13 Jan 1900: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 460 notes promoted to Corporal on 13 Jan 1900. | |
| 13 Jan 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 9, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 457 notes 2nd QMI embarked 13 Jan 1900 aboard Maori King arriving Cape Town 24 Feb 1900. | |
| 17 May 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 9, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes returned to Australia aboard Tongariro arriving Brisbane 3 May 1901, discharged 17 May 1901. |
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Note- South African records (death and burial) have his middle name recorded as Gascoine and Gascoigne. His younger brother Alexander Munro, S.N. 143 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, also served in the South African (Boer) War.
When Thomas Gascoyne Munro enlisted 1899 in the 2nd QMI and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 20 Jan 1900, he noted his N.O.K. as A. Munro, Oriel Rd, Albion. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 2nd QMI, Bk 1 p. 95, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. A. Munro, Albion Park, Albion. He served the full tour of the 2nd QMI returning to Brisbane where he was discharged on 17 May 1901.
Thomas Gascoyne Munro was born in 1878 in the district of Kelvin, Glasgow, Scotland, a son to Alexander Munro Snr. and Jane Duncan Munro (nee Mackie). He emigrated with his parents and siblings to Australia in 1899 settling in Brisbane where his father followed his trade as a bootmaker developing an extensive business.
Prior to enlisting for the Boer war he had been living and working in the Roma district. In 1902, a short time after his return from the war and discharge, he returned to South Africa aboard S.S. Runic to take up a position with the police force at Johannesburg. As recorded on his death notice he had reached the rank of detective by the time he passed on 8 Sep 1903 at the Johannesburg Hospital due to pneumonia.
His death notice records his place of birth as Fort George, Inverness, Scotland and his parents as Alexander Munro, Oriel Rd, Albion, Brisbane, Australia (mother unknown). The cemetery register for burials for Braamfontein Cemetery, Johannesburg, records that he was interred there on 9 Sep 1903.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murrsy p. 460; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 2nd QMI, Bk 1 p. 95; "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1961", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-TXHK : Sat Jan 18 19:20:31 UTC 2025), Entry for Thomas Gascoine Munro, 1903.; "South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg, Cemetery Records, 1840-2019", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XXG-QG35 : Sun Mar 10 01:53:56 UTC 2024), Entry for Thomas Gascoigz Munro, 9 Sep 1903).
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