Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 22/03/1918
- Date of Discharge
- 22/11/1919
- Place of Enlistment
- Sydney NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 10/06/1885
- Place of Birth
- Tarago NSW
- Address (at enlistment)
- Tharwa ACT
- Occupation
- Blacksmith
- Next of Kin
- Charlotte Byrne (wife), Naas via Tharwa, ACT
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 53681
- Final Rank
- Private
- Final Unit
- 13 Battalion AIF
Notes
Byrne and his wife Charlotte were living at Naas when he enlisted at Darlinghurst on 25 March 1918 at the age of 32 years. He arrived in London on 26 August 1918 but did not get to France, instead returning to Australia and being discharged on 22 November 1919.
Description - height 5 feet 10 inches, weight 166 pounds, chest 33½-39½ inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair, Catholic.
Sources
AWM First World War Unit Embarkation Rolls
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)