Accession Number | H06341 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Pre war studio portrait of 2731 Private (Pte) Ronald Thompson Munn, 1st Battalion. A grocer from ...
Description
Pre war studio portrait of 2731 Private (Pte) Ronald Thompson Munn, 1st Battalion. A grocer from Merimbula, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Munn embarked with the 8th Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Runic on 9 August 1915. Whilst serving at Gallipoli, he was killed in action on 24 November 1915, aged 31, and was buried in the Shell Green Cemetery. A brother, 32734 Gunner Randolph Cameron Munn served with the 1st Australian Trench Mortar Battery and returned to Australia on 20 June 1919.