Life story Born in Akyab, Burma(now known as Myanmar) Brought up in a strict puritanical household Posted to Burma in 1893 Contracted malaria in 1895, resigned and returned to England Attended World War l, killed by a German sniper in 1916 Put that bloody cigarette out! "his last words Homosexual, that side of [Munro'sl life had to be secret vacationlandLife story • Born in Akyab, Burma (now known as Myanmar) • Brought up in a strict puritanical household • Posted to Burma in 1893 • Contracted malaria in 1895, resigned and returned to England • Attended World War I, killed by a German sniper in 1916 • "Put that bloody cigarette out!" ——his last words • Homosexual, "that side of [Munro's] life had to be secret