Thomas Alexander Munro

Corporal

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of late Mrs. Isobel Munro. Served on the Western Front, 1916-17.

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

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.

DEATH BY HEART FAILURE. FINDING AT INQUEST. WELLINGTON, March 8. 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.

WANGANUI HERALD, VOLUME LIII, ISSUE 15761, 8 MARCH 1919, PAGE 5

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Casualty

Service Number:

20545

Name:

Thomas Alexander Munro

Rank:

Corporal

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs I. Munro (mother), Mangaweka, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Occupation on Enlistment:

Farmer

Unit:

New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of Sickness

Date of Death:

07 March 1919

Day of Death:

Friday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

20 August 1916

Transport:

HMNZT 63

Vessel:

Navua

Destination:

Devonport, England

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Mangaweka Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Block 25. Lot 3.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand