Francis Munns
Name Francis Munns
Number Trooper 1430
Battalion 8th Light Horse
Place of Birth Bolinda Vale Lancefield Junction Romsey Victoria
Next of Kin His father, Henry Munns of Mt Eccles
Date and place of enlistment Leongatha 19/7/1915
Physical details on enlistment Age 33 years 1 month,
5’3 ½ ” 10 stone 7 pounds, blue eyes and dark brown hair
Religion Church of England
Occupation Farmer
Date and place of death
He died of bronchial pneumonia caused by influenza on 20/10/1918 in Cairo
Location of grave or memorial
He was buried in the Port Said Military Cemetery
Relationship to Woorayl Shire
He and his family lived in Mt Eccles
Military History
- He attended Bolinda State School near Lancefield
- 19/7/15 He enlisted Leongatha
- 13/11/15 He embarked Melbourne on HMAT Mccorquodale
- 26/12/15 He is taken on strength to the 8th Light Horse Regiment at Heliopolis
- 26/2/16 He marched out of Heliopolis to Serapeun
- He is in the group photo of Leongatha boys taken in Egypt early 1916
- He served in Egypt and Palestine
- 3/6/16 He was evacuated to hospital to the 53rd Welsh Casualty Clearing Station Ferry Post.
- 11/6/16 He rejoined the 8th Light Horse at Railhead
- 19/8/16 He was evacuated to hospital General Hospital Port Said with tonsillitis
- 21/9/16 He marched out to the 8th Light Horse
- 22/12/16 He is evacuated to hospital at Masaid then the Stationary Hospital at Kantara
- 24/12/16 He had appendicitis and was transferred to the Australian General Hospital and then to a convalescent hospital
- 12/2/17 Returned to the 3rd Light Horse training regiment at Moascar.
- 22/4/17 Rejoined 8th Light Horse
- 24/4/17 He is evacuated to hospital
- 5/7/17 He is in hospital with gastro enteritis and then he goes to convalescent home.
- 9/8/17 He returned to the 3rd Light Horse training regiment
- 21/8/17 He returned to the 8th Light Horse
- In October he is wounded and then detached to the 3rd Light Horse Headquarters
- 29/10/17 He returned to his unit
- 17/11/17 He is evacuated to the Australian General Hospital Abbassia Cairo
- 22/11/17 he had malaria and was then transferred to the Desert Mounted Corps Rest Camp. Port Said
- 14/9/18 He contracted influenza and pneumonia and has chronic dyspepsia
- He is considered so ill he is to be sent home
- 16/10/18 He is dangerously ill
- 20/10/18 He died of disease, bronchial pneumonia caused by influenza
- He was buried by Stanley Swain in Port Said military cemetery
- His cousin Allen H Young was killed in France 20/10/18
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