Who was on duty?

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No: HPFGUIDX 91830

When Harry and Co. arrive at the MOM to save Sirius, the security desk
is deserted. "... the six of them sprinted off down the hall, Harry in
the lead, past the fountain, toward the desk where the security man
who had weighed Harry's wand had sat and which was now deserted." (OOP
am ed 769) When they reach the door of the Dept of Mysteries, "He
turned to face the door and walked forward. Just as it had in his
dream, it swung open and he marched over the threshold, the others at
this heels." (OOP am ed p.770) What happened to Eric Munch or his
co-worker? A member of the OOP should have been on-duty at the door of
the DoM as well. What happened to him or her?

The OOP member on duty couldn't have been any of the group that
arrived together. Dumbledore tells Harry, "Alastor Moody, Nymphadora
Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, and Remus Lupin were at headquarters when
he (Snape) made contact. All agreed to go to your aid at once.
Professor Snape requested that Sirius remain behind, as he needed
somebody to remain at headquarters to tell me what had happened, for I
was due there at any moment. In the meantime he, Professor Snape,
intended to search the forest for you. (p 830). Someone else must have
been on duty.

The security guard and the DoM door guard might have been stunned,
AKed, or petrified and dragged into a closet. The DEs would not want
anyone to testify later about who or how many broke into the ministry
(even if they were all in masks). They would need to take out the
guards with at least a stunner and a memory charm, and I would be
inclined to believe that an AK each would be much more likely under
the circumstances. If the OOP guard was stunned or AKed and the body
hidden while still in the invisibility cloak, the body might not be
found until the next time the floors are waxed. The argument against
the DEs using AK on the guards is that two deaths (not counting
Sirius, since no one knows he was there) at the MOM would have made
the papers, and even in his disturbed state of mind in the days after
the battle, Harry would probably have noticed the death of a member of
the OOP.

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley both appear well in the last scene at King's
Cross. Sturgis Podmore is still in Azkaban (I presume). Any guesses
about who else in the OOP is missing and presumed dead after the battle?

Honey, who hopes it isn't Aberforth.