Robert MUNRO

Regimental number6/1346
AddressRosstown, Reefton
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinBrother, S W Munro, Private Box, Gisborne
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 December 1914
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 8 September 1918
Place of burialVarennes Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No 62), France
Medals

Military Medal

'Operations: British front near Havrincourt Wood - 6th September 1918. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During the above operation Lance Corporal Munro was assisting the Medical Officer of the R.A.P, where a number of cases were being treated. The enemy commenced shelling very heavily but this N.C.O. quietly continued his work, binding up wounded men and removing them to safety until he was badly wounded by a shell.'
Source: 'London Gazette'
Date: 11 February 1919

Other detailsMedals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Second