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Arthur Douglas BYE

Regimental number6220
Place of birthWhitemore, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Barrington (?), Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressC/o R. Bye, Barrington, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, R. Bye, Barrington, Tasmania
Enlistment date3 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 9 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 November 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death27.6
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row G, Grave No. 6), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
32
Family/military connectionsCousin: 2906 Albert Walter BYE, 12th Bn, killed in action, Hazebrook, France, 28 May 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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