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MUNRO, George Percival
(Service number 90437)

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Birth

Date	17 August 1889	Place of Birth	Pareora

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Pringle Street, Timaru
Occupation	Wool classer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs J. MUNRO (mother), Pringle Street, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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Death

Date	*July 1971	Age	81 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 5, Plot 377
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George Percival Munro (Percy), born on 17 August 1889 at Pareora, was the son of John Alexander Munro and his wife Jane née MacMillan.Two brothers served abroad in World War One - Charles Vivian and Robert Donald. Their father died in 1902 and their widowed mother lived on till 1951.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [30 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [30 December 2016]

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