MUNDY, William Harold
| Service Number: | 2944 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Boulder, Western Australia, 25 April 1898 |
| Home Town: | Pingelly, Pingelly, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Taylor Well School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 April 1918, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Pingelly Memorial Rotunda, Pingelly Taylors Well District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2944, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2944, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2944, 48th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Edward and Lavinia Mundy, of Taylors Well, Pingelly, Western Australia
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William was sent to France in June 1917. He suffered a gunshot wound to the chest on 20 October 1917 and was evacuated to Edmonton Military Hospital in England. Rejoining his unit in France in March 1918, Pte Mundy was killed in action on 5 April 1918, aged 20. He has no known grave. He was seen by an eye witness to have been shot and killed but his friends had to withdraw and leave his body where it fell.
William Mundy was one of three brothers who served in the First World War. His brother 3204 Private Reginald James Mundy, 28th Battalion, was killed in action at Pozieres on 29 July 1916, aged 20. An older brother 841 Pte Edward Murray (Ted) Mundy, 12th Battalion, served at the Gallipoli landing and survived four and a half years of war, returning to Australia in 1919.
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