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John BYRNES

Regimental number6834
Place of birthTriangle Flat, Rockley, New South Wales
SchoolTriangle Flat Public School, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationShearer
AddressTriangle Flat, Rockley, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinFather, T Byrnes, Triangle Flat, Rockley, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date9 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Port Nicholson on 8 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBroodseinde Ridge, Passchendaele, Belgium
Age at death31.10
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXVIII, Row B, Grave 22), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
35
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents; Thomas and Ellen BYRNES, Wattle Grove, Triangle Flat, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3785 Lance Corporal George BYRNES, 18th Bn, killed in action, Bapaume, France, 25 February 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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