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Military service
Service number:
799364
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
September 20, 1887
Death:
April 17, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Agnes Munro, of West Kingsford, Counterswells, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private William Munro
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Badge
Cap Badge 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Munro was a member of the 134th Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reveerse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of WILLIAM MUNRO
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WILLIAM MUNRO
Pte William Munro was originally a member of the 134th Battalion (48th Highlanders) and was sent in a draft to the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders) No. 4 Company. He was MIA east of Vimy on 17 Apr 1917 near Willerval, France . Submitted by the 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Munro
Digital gallery of
Private William Munro
Digital gallery of
Private William Munro
Digital gallery of
Private William Munro
Digital gallery of
Private William Munro
Digital gallery of
Private William Munro
Digital gallery of
Private William Munro
Digital gallery of
Private William Munro
Digital gallery of
Private William Munro
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 299 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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