Morris David Byrne HART

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HART, Morris David Byrne

Service Number:	QX32441
Enlisted:	26 May 1942
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Pacific Island Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3 May 1923
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Queensland University
Occupation:	Audit Clerk
Died:	Accidental - Jeep Accident, New Guinea, New South Wales, Australia, 25 December 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery N A 4
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, QX32441
26 May 1942:	Enlisted
23 Dec 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, QX32441, Pacific Island Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed

Morris David Byrne HART was born in Brisbane on 3rd May, 1923

His parents were Byrne HART & Margaret Hannah CRAMOND who married in Queensland on 20th March, 1922

He died in a Jeep Accident in Papua New Guinea on Christmas Day, 25th December, 1945

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His Father Byrne HART served as a Lieutenant during WW1 in the 49th Infantry Battalion and returned to Australia on 31st July, 1918 - he was awarded the Military Cross

He also served during WW2 (SN QX42594) as a Major in the Water Transport RAE and was discharged on 16th August, 1944

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