From the News

Dated: June 18, 1915

“Jack” Munroe Wounded
All Temiskaming knows of ex-Reeve Jack Munroe, of Elk Lake, and his career in the Princess Patricias has been closely followed by our people. Incidentally, we might say that Private Munroe is one of the finest specimens of strong manhood that could be found, and the fact that he has appeared in the ring as a professional boxer, caused more than ordinary interest to be taken in his experience with rifle and bayonet. A short time ago it was stated in a letter from the front by one of his friends that, Jack had been in over fifty hand to hand scraps, and that up to that time he had escaped without a wound, although his hat and clothes had been shot through, and his cheek grased by a bullet. He is credited with having tossed an opponent over his shoulder with his bayonet, and still on another occasion he is credited with having used his two big fists with more success than it was possible to use his bayonet. However, Tuesday's bulletins gives the news that Munroe has been seriously wounded, and that fact will cause universal regret to the many friends of the big Irish Canadian. Munroe is said to have been one of the very few men left in the ranks of the original number which comprised the Princess Patricias which sailed from Canada and were the first to represent Canada in the trenches.