Munro, Edward Charles, 1896 - 1995

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Name Edward Charles Munro, 1896 - 1995BiographyDate of Birth: 21 June 1896, London, England Date of Death: 12 January 1995, Brisbane (Qld.) Buried: Lutwyche Cemetery, Lutwyche, Queensland Edward Charles Henry Munro was the third son of Charles Munro and Jane Mary Stocks Sutherland, who lived at Dunbeath, Burpengary. He and his brother, Christian, had arrived in Australia in 1913 a year before the rest of the family. He was single and farming at Burpengary at the time of his enlistment in September 1915. Edward was awarded the Military Medal for: In May 1917, he was part of a stretcher squad carrying wounded north of Noreuil, when an enemy shell fell in the dump causing a fire and a great explosion killing and wounding number of men near by. The stretcher squad with utter disregard of danger rushed to the spot and attended the wounded and carried them away in safety in spite of an intense enemy barrage following on the explosion. They carried wounded continuously for 36 hours in spite of heavy barrages. Between the hours of 4 & 6 a.m. on that date the barrage was particularly heavy and there were no troops moving on the road at the time on account of the heavy fire. In spite this 28 cases were carried 1 and three-quarters of a mile to a place of safety. During this time they frequently stopped to attend to wounded on the way. [Source: Commonwealth Gazette No. 189. Dated 8 November 1917] Two younger brothers, Christian [3181] and James Donald Sutherland [82 and 150] also enlisted but both were killed whilst overseas. His father, Charles [1310], was to enlist as well. After hearing of the death of two of her sons and Edward receiving the Military Medal, his mother wrote requesting that Edward be returned home. After his discharge, Edward entered the public service in Brisbane, Queensland. He married Eileen Beatrice Mary Hill in 1925 and they lived at Geebung, Queensland until 1954.Birth date21 June 1896Death date12 January 1995

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Edward Charles Munro, SN 13629, Service Record

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Munro, Edward Charles, 1896 - 1995