BYRNE, Herbert John
| Service Number: | 7018 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 June 1917, Lismore, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Casino, NSW, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Casino, Richmond Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Casino Public School |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 19 July 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme IV A 22 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Casino Lodge Casino 103 U.G.L. NSW Great War Honor Roll, Casino and District Memorial Hospital WW1 Roll of Honour, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7018, 17th Infantry Battalion, Lismore, NSW | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 7018, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 7018, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Katherine E. and the late George Byrne. Native of Casino, Richmond River, New South Wales.
Member of Casino 103 Lodge
On Monday afternoon word was received in town that Pte. H. J. (Tom) Byrne had died of wounds on the 19th July. The young fellow, who had considerable responsibilites on his shoulders, left a flourishing business to enlist. He felt it his duty to go, and counted not the cost, but answered his country's call. He was 33 years of age at the time he made the great sacrifice, and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Byrne, of Casino. The deceased soldier was always a good townsman, and he manifested, a deep interest in hospital activities. He was just that type of young man of whom so many have gone to the front, and who can be so ill spared.
Leakage of Information. — At the last meeting of Casino Chamber of Commerce Mr. Heatliwood complained of telegrams conveying news of the deaths of soldiers at the front being made public property before the relatives were made acquainted with the fact. He detailed circumstances in connection with the non-delivery of the telegram to the family, of the late Pte. H. J. Byrne, and said the family knew nothing of the matter until after nine o'clock in tlio. evening, when some residents wont to the house to sympathise with them, while the public was in possession of the information some hours before. Mr. McPhail explained that the Presbyterian minister, to whom the message was sent by the Town Clerk, I was away from town at the time, hence the delay in delivering the telegram, but it was pointed out that this did not explain how the information became public. It was decided to request the Mayor to treat such telegrams in the future as confidential until such time as the relations of a soldier killed in action wore first acquainted with the fact. The Mayor, in the course of a letter to the press, asserts that, the leak age did not occur in the Council, but from another quarter, and he courts the fullest inquiry.