Gerald Joseph BYRNE

BYRNE, Gerald Joseph

    Service Number: 1117
    Enlisted: 18 September 1914, Maldon, Vic.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Maldon, Mount Alexander, Victoria
    Schooling: Maldon State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Blacksmith
    Died: Wounds, At sea (HMHS Devanha), 12 August 1915
    Cemetery: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
    Row L, Grave No 40
    Memorials: Baringhup School & District Roll of Honor, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1117, 7th Infantry Battalion, Maldon, Vic.
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1117, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1117, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1117, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    8 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1117, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to right arm sustained at Krithia. Evacuated to Malta, then Egypt. Rejoined unit 10 July 1915.
    8 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1117, 7th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, BW to left thigh sustained at Lone Pine. Evacuated via HMHS Devanha (where he died of his wounds enroute to Egypt) on 12 August 1915. He was buried at Alexandria later the same day.
    12 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1117, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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