Leslie Norman MUNRO

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Service Number:	969
Enlisted:	2 September 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Fitzroy State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Ships Cook
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 23, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

2 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 969, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 969, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 969, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Son of William Henry Munro and Emily Munro nee Norman of 24 Dank Street, Albert Park, Victoria. Stepson of May Munro of Albert Park, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Citizen Military Forces for 6 years

In September 1914 his 1914-15 medal was handed into the Caulfield Returned Sailors, Soldiers and Airmens Club who forwarded the medal to Base Records