Pte. David Munro 195532 93rd BN

Pte. David Munro 

93rd Peterboro Bn, / 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion 

Regimental Number 195532 

 David Munro was born on June 04 1891 in Muireford, Rosshire, Scotland. He was the son of John and Catherine Munro. David was living at 190 Perry St. in Peterborough, Ontario when he enlisted with the 93rd Battalion in that city on January 20th 1916. He was 25 years old and employed as a harness maker. David stood 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighed 154 pounds and sported a fair complexion, hazel eyes and light brown hair. He was unmarried and declared having previously served with the Seaforth Highlanders Territorial Forces for two years. He listed his religion as Presbyterian. He was examined by military doctors and found fit for overseas service. 

 Private Munro remained in Peterborough and trained with the 93rd throughout the winter of 1916 as the battalion recruited up to full strength. By mid-March, having secured nearly the full 100 man compliment, the battalion entrained for the Canadian forces training camp at Barriefield, near Kingston. Here the battalion went through an additional four months weeks training before leaving by train to the port of Halifax in early July. Munro would board the ship, Empress of Britain there, and spent 10 days at sea before docking in Liverpool, England on July 25th 1916. 

 Upon arriving the 93rd was stationed at Otterpool Camp in West Sandling. Within a month, orders came down that the 93rd, like many Canadian battalions at the time, was to be broken up and its ranks dispersed to to various other Canadian battalions already at the front. On October 10th, Munro was posted to the Canadian Army Service Corp Depot at the Canadian base at Shoreham, England, where he remained for a year. By August 15th 1917, he was transferred to the 6th Reserve Battalion at Shorncliffe, before being drafted to the 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion 2 months later. 

 Pte. Munro proceeded to France on October 15th 1917 and joined the 2nd Battalion, on November 13th as part of the reinforcements that would be used to rebuild the Battalion after the terrible losses a month earlier in the Battle of Passchendaele. Pte. Munro would remain with the 2nd Battalion until the end of the war and see action in several major battles including at Amiens, and the Hundred Days series of offensives. 

 Munro was lucky enough to have been in the middle of leave in England when the war ended on November 11th, 1918. He returned to the 2nd Battalion on November 27th and remained in France until March 19th 1919. At that time he returned to England for nearly 6 weeks before boarding a ship for Canada on April 29th. He was discharged from the army on May 9th in Ottawa, Ontario. 

 David Munro passed away on September 12th, 1967 in Edmonton, Alberta 

 Sources 

Canada. "Military Service File of David Munro." Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa: Record Group 150, 1992-93/166, Box 6486 - 26. Item Number 206920.