CAPTAIN P. S. MUNRO KILLED
Son Of Well-known Maori Missionaries Reported killed in action, Captain P. S. Munro was the son of the Rev. H. W. Munro and Mrs Munro, both wellknown Maori missionaries, of Riverton, and formerly of Rotorua. Captain Munro was aged 29 and was born at Hastings. He was educated at the Waerenga-a-hika and Hikurangi Maori schools, Rotorua High School, Auckland University College and Auckland Teachers’ Training College. He afterward spent some time teaching at the
Whakarewarewa Native School and the Mourea Native School. Captain Munro also played a prominent part in encouraging music among the Maoris in and about Rotorua, being one of the founders of the Maori musical society of Ohinemutu and Whakarewarewa and organist for two years at the Ohinemutu Church.
Captain Munro went into camp in May 1941, and left for the Middle East after receiving his commission in New Zealand. He was wounded in Italy a year ago, but rejoined his battalion in time for the march on Rome
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Southland Times, Issue 25564, 6 January 1945, Page 6
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