Byron Wrixon BIRKMYRE

Byron Wrixon BIRKMYRE Update Details

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Service Number:	366
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	St Johns School, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Occupation:	Estate Agent
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	Walkers Ridge Cemetery Special Memorial, Grave 3 Headstone inscription reads: Deeply mourned by Marg, Trix and his wife Stella, Walker's Ridge Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Darlinghurst St John's Anglican Church Honour Board

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 366, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
1 Sep 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Prior to embarking
10 Oct 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Prior to embarking
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 366, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 366, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
8 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
2 May 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 366, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 366 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-05-02

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Son of Henry Alexander Birkmyre of 67 Hargrave Street, Paddington, NSW later of Haberfield, NSW

Husband of Stella Claudine Birkmyre of 185 Glenmore Road, Paddington, NSW. Later known as Stella Worstead of 42 Moonbie Street, Summer Hill, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served with the NSW Scottish Rifles