Contributed by Ron Inglis, October 2021
Station hand Frank Munro, 22, was a son of John and Mary Munro of Dalley Street, Lidcombe. He enlisted in January 1917 at the RAS Showground, Sydney, and was away to the war on the Osterley, arriving in Plymouth, UK on 11 April 1917.
After crossing to France and marching into the 36th Battalion on 1 September 1917, Munro survived for seven months before he was wounded in the abdomen on 4 April 1918, meeting the German last gasp offensive. He died two days later while being taken back to the Australian Hospital at Abbeville in the valley of the Somme.
Munro was buried in the Namps-au-val British cemetery, south-west of the city of Amiens. He was one of ten Auburn Memorial men killed facing the German attacks over March and April 1918.
Frank's brother, W J Munro also served in the AIF and had been a Prisoner of War in Germany.
Frank Munro is honoured on the following memorials in Australia:
- Auburn War Memorial
- Municipality of Auburn 1914-1919 Honour Roll
- Roll of Honour Australian War Memorial Canberra
His decorations:
- Victory Medal
- British War Medal 1914-20
