Walter Edwin BYRNE

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Service Number:	6955
Enlisted:	11 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Crinda New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Narromine, Narromine, New South Wales
Schooling:	St Joseph's Convent (Catholic) School and Public School, Canbelego, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

11 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6955, 5th Infantry Battalion
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6955, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6955, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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