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Edwin Gordon MUNTZ

Regimental number433
Place of birthCobden, Victoria
SchoolScotch College, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSurveyor's apprentice
AddressFenwick Street, Kew, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice C Muntz, Fenwick Street, Kew, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date30 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name22nd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe matriculated from Scotch College, played in football team there.
FateKilled in Action 5 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialSerre Road Cemetery No. 2 (Plot XXXIII, Row D, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
97
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Jamison and Alice Elizabeth MUNTZ, "Rostrevor", Fenwick Street, Kew, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin of Lieut A Irvine MC & Bar.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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