BYRNE, Frederick James
| Service Number: | 5062 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wicker worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tocumwal Memorial Hall Honour Rolls, Tocumwal War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5062, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5062, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5062, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 5062, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5062 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Tocumwal Guardian 30 August 1918.
‘Word was received on Thursday evening last of the death of Corporal Fredrick J. Byrne, aged 26 years who fell fighting for freedom's cause in France on the 9 August 1918. Deceased, who enlisted at Tocumwal, claimed a large number of acquaintances in this district, and, deep regret is felt at his demise. He was the youngest son of Mrs. M. and the late Patrick Byrne, of North Melbourne, and brother of the late Mr. John Byrne of this town. Only recently he was worried in England to a young lady, whose acquaintance he had formed in that land since his arrival with the Australian forces.’
He apparently was the father of a child born to an English girl, though no record of marriage in his service file.