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Herbert Horon BYRNE

Regimental number115
Place of birthMoss Vale, New South Wales
SchoolConvent (Catholic), Moss Vale, NSW; Nithsdale nr Braidwood, Ballalaba School, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationMiner
Addressc/o H S Byrne, Police Department, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Byrne, Gladstone Road, Marrickville, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 September 1914
Place of enlistmentTownsville, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularRescued a wounded comrade at Gallipoli after orders had been given that no further rescues were to be atempted.
FateDied of wounds 6 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death6 May 1915
Age at death39
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 45), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
75
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4079 Corporal Lawler Sutton BYRNE, died of wounds, France, 3 September 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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