Thomas Patrick BYRNE

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BYRNE, Thomas Patrick

Service Number:	2277
Enlisted:	30 March 1916, Ballarat, Victoria Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Steiglitz, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Steiglitz, Golden Plains, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Tuberculosis, Steiglitz, Victoria, Australia, 17 April 1919
Cemetery:	Steiglitz Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Steiglitz State School Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

30 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Ballarat, Victoria Australia
20 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2277, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2277, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
21 Jul 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2277, 39th Infantry Battalion, embarked England for Melbourne on board HT Euripides
23 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2277, 39th Infantry Battalion, Medically Unfit for Further Service

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Thomas Patrick Byrne (Service No:2277) enlisted in the AIF at Ballarat on 30 March 1916, and was attached to 39th Infantry Battalion on 20 October 1916 when he embarked with his Unit from Melbourne for Plymouth on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln. Private Byrne was hospitalised in England (Fargo Military Hospital) with Influenza in February 1917, and embarked from Enland for Melbourne on 21 July 1917 on board HT Euripides. Private Byrne was attached to 39 Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 23 October 1917. Siblings Frank (WWI), Larry (WWII) and Jock (WWII) also served in the Military.

Born in Steiglitz, Victoria in 1896, Thomas was third of seven children of Thomas Byrne Snr (b1862 at Long Gully via Steiglitz, Victoria) and Susan Anastasia Byrne (b1871 in Meredith, Victoria). Thomas Snr (a Labourer) and Susan married in 1892 in Steiglitz, where they settled and raised their family and Thomas Snr was a Labourer.

Thomas - described as 'always being delicate' (NAA) - was a Labourer when he enlisted in the AIF. Following his Discharge (Medically Unfit) he returned to Steiglitz, where he was lsited as a 'Soldier' in the 1919 Electoral Roll. Thomas died (Tuberculosis) in 1920.

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