Regimental number | 3321 |
Place of birth | Broken Hill, New South Wales |
School | Broken Hill Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Alice Byrne, GPO, Melbourne, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 5" |
Weight | 131 lbs |
Next of kin | Brother, Richard Byrne, 38 Hagelthorne Street, Wonthaggi, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil (exempt area under Compulsory Military Training scheme) |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 22nd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/39/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death | 19 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 15), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 167 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Amelia Margaret TOTTEN (formerly BYRNE), 5 Clara Street, Newtown, New South Wales, and the late John Thomas BYRNE. Native of Broken Hill, New South Wales |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Allotted to, and proceeded to join, 57th Bn from 6th Training Bn, Zeitoun, 23 February 1916; taken on strength of 57th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 23 February 1916. Admitted to No 15 Field Ambulance, Tel el Kebir, 11 March 1916 (influenza); discharged and rejoined unit, 14 March 1916. Transferred to 59th Bn, 15 March 1916; taken on strength of 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Admitted to No 15 Field Ambulance 11 July 1916 (diarrhoea); discharged and rejoined unit, 15 July 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Note on B.103, 'presumed to be buried in No Man's Land approx at 5J9043 to 5K0251 Sheet Hazebrouck 5a'. Statement, Red Cross File No 661011, 3894 Pte W. CALDWELL, D Company, 59th Bn, 15 December 1916: 'Witness states he saw the soldier killed by a bullet on (sic) No Man's Land Fleurbaix on the above date and saw him fall. He was quite certain that he was dead.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BYRNE Frederick Thomas
Red Cross file 661011 |