Thomas Alexander Munro
Born 26 Jan 1881 - Died 7 Mar 1919
- Service number
- WWI 20545 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Thomas Alexander AWMM
- Surname
- Munro AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 20545 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 26 Jan 1881 Public Source
- 26 Jan 1881 Public Source
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Birth notes
- Father Thomas Munro and mother Isabella Munro nee DunbarPublic - Mark - Other Relative - 8 February 2015 - Family History Research
- Address before enlistment
- Family Farm
Mangaweka
New ZealandPublic - Mark - Other Relative - 9 February 2015 - Family History Research, Military Records - Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs I. Munro (mother), Mangaweka, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs Isabella Munro
Mangaweka
New ZealandPublic - Mark - Other Relative - 9 February 2015 - Family History Research, Military Records
- Relationship status
- MotherPublic - Mark - Other Relative - 9 February 2015 - Family History Research, Military Records
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 20545 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 20 Aug 1916-24 Oct 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 63 AWMM Vessel was Navua AWMM Rifleman AWMM 7th Reinforcements 4th Battalion, H Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Accidental drowning AWMM - Heart failure, drowned Lyall Bay WellingtonPublic - Mark - Other Relative - 11 March 2015 - Family History Research
- Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Thomas and Isobel (Isabella) Munro
Served on the Western Front, 1916-17.
Brothers Thomas Alexander (20545) and James Dunbar Munro (31869) lost their lives in WW1 AWMM
About death
- Death
- 7 Mar 1919 AWMM
Age 36 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Accidental Death AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Mangaweka Cemetery, Mangaweka, New Zealand AWMM Block 25. Lot 3. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- A fatality occurred at Lyall Bay yesterday, when a returned soldier named Thomas Alexander Munro, single, aged thirty-six, apparently died from heart failure when swimming in the surf. His mother, who was sitting on the beach, noticed the body floating face downwards, and immediately raised an alarm. Help was promptly forthcoming, but life was extinct. Munro arrived back from England last month, and had been in indifferent health since.
At the inquest on Thomas Alexander Munro, Dr. Rattle stated that he hardly thought deceased had been drowned but that he had lost his breath while swimming. Another witness said that had deceased been in his usual health he would have been able to walk ashore as he had not got into danger. The coroner returned a verdict that Munro died from heart failure while bathing. He said the evidence went to show that it was not an ordinary case of drowning.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 May 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/thomas-alexander-munro - ref: DEATH BY HEART FAILURE. FINDING AT INQUEST. WELLINGTON, March 8 - WANGANUI HERALD, VOLUME LIII, ISSUE 15761, 8 MARCH 1919, PAGE 5 - Memorial name
- Memorial Gates
Mangaweka School
New ZealandPublic - Mark - Other Relative - 8 February 2015 - Family History Research - Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Memorial gates, Mangaweka School, New Zealand AWMM
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21378677
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643703/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643703
Further Reference - Paton Family History
http://www.apatonfamily.com/Public - Mark - Other relative - 25 April 2018 - Family history/genealogy
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
38: 38 - Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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