Regimental number | 1922 |
Place of birth | Braidwood New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Grazier |
Address | Tomboye via Braidwood, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22.9 |
Height | 5' 11.5" |
Weight | 145 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Lizzie Byrne, Tomboye via Braidwood, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Braidwood, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 35th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/52/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on |
Fate | No details of fate entered on Nominal Roll |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 4 September 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 29 October 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 20 December 1916; taken on strength, 35th Bn, in the field, 26 January 1917. Wounded in action, 29 May 1917 (gun shot wound, finger, left hand); admitted to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 31 May 1917; transferred to England, 3 June 1917, and admitted to Endell Street Hospital, London, 4 June 1917; discharged on furlough, 15 June 1917, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 29 June 1917. Marched into Overseas Training Depot, 2 July 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 26 July 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 3 August 1917. Appointed Lance Corporal, 7 November 1917. On leave to England, 14 March 1918; rejoined Bn from leave, 24 March 1918. Promoted Temporary Corporal, 18 April 1918. Wounded in action (second occasion), 6 May 1918 (gun shot wound, left arm and buttock), and reverted to Lance Corporal, and admitted to 11th Australian Field Ambulance, and then transferred to 4th Casualty Clearing Station; to 8th General Hospital, Rouen, 9 May 1918; to England, 15 May 1918, and admitted to 4th London General Hospital, Denmark Hill, 16 May 1918 (gun shot wound, left arm and buttock); transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 17 June 1918; discharged on furlough, 20 June 1918, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 4 July 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Boonah', 21 July 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 20 September 1918, for onward travel by train to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 12 November 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BYRNE Albert |