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Herbert BYRNE

Regimental number53
Place of birthGymbowen, Victoria
Place of birthHorsham, Victoria
SchoolState School, Hopevale, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressHopetoun, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Byrne, Hopevale via Hopetoun, Victoria
Enlistment date1 April 1916
Place of enlistmentArarat, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 22 November 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Rosenberg Plateau Plots) (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 20), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and mary BYRNE, Hopevale. Born at Gymbowen, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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