Munro, Christian Gustave, 1897 - 1918

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Name Christian Gustave Munro, 1897 - 1918BiographyDate of Birth: 13 December 1897, London, England Date of Death: 24 April 1918, France Buried: Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension, Franvillers, Picardie, France. Christian Gustave Munro was the fourth son of Charles Munro and Jane Mary Stocks Sutherland who lived at Burpengary. He and his brother, Edward Charles, had arrived in Australia in 1913 a year before the rest of the family. Chris was single and farming at Dunbeath, Burpengary, Queensland at the time of his enlistment in August 1916. In October 1917, he was shot in the neck and left ear in field conflict near Boulogne and sent back to England where much pioneering surgery was performed on injured and disfigured World War 1 servicemen. On his recovery, Chris returned to active duty in France and was helping a stretcher bearer carry away a wounded man near Bonay, in the Somme, when he was killed in action. He was hit by a piece of shell near the dressing station door and suffered a fractured skull and died aged 20. John Reginald Uhlmann [3245], another Burpengary soldier, was with Chris when he was killed. His father, Charles [1310], and two older brothers, Edward Charles [13629] and James Donald Sutherland [82 and 150] who was killed, also served.Birth date13 December 1897Death date24 April 1918

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Christian Gustave Munro, SN 3181, Service Record

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Munro, Christian Gustave, 1897 - 1918