Robert MUNRO

Regimental number2114
Place of birthBundaberg, Queensland
SchoolEast Bundaberg State School, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSaw sharpener
AddressPrinces Street, East Bundaberg, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs Henrietta Louise Munro, Princes Street, East Bundaberg, Queensland
Enlistment date13 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name42nd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/59/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 7 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll42nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of wounds.
FateDied of wounds 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death31
Place of burialBrandhoex New Military Cemetery No. 3 (Plot II, Row K, Grave No. 23), Vlamertinghe, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
135
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Mary MUNRO; husband of Mrs MUNRO, Princess Street, Bundaberg, Queensland
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 219
Date: 20 December 1917

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal