BYRNES, Arthur Herbert
| Service Number: | 678 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 November 1916, Cairns, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Olive Vale Station, outside Cooktown, Qld., 29 March 1883 |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 May 1918, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France III I I, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 678, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Cairns, Qld. | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 678, 3rd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 678, 3rd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 26 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 678, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 678 awm_unit: 41st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Samuel St. Quinten and Maria BYRNES, Cooktown, Queensland
On Saturday news was received of the death, killed in action, of Private Arthur Herbert Byrnes. He was the eldest son of Samuel and Mrs Byrnes, old residents of Cooktown, North Queensland. He made the great sacrifice on the Western front on the 26th of last month. The deceased soldier enlisted about two years ago from Cooktown, and joined the 3rd Machine Gun Coy. of the A.I.F., leaving England for the Western front on the 1st June last year. He was well-known in Port Moresby, being here about two years, working with his father, Mr Samuel Byrnes, who is at present, with Messrs Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd., Port Moresby. He was always a pleasant man to meet and was very popular. Deceased was a descendant of the oldest family in New South Wales, his great grandmother being the first white girl born in Australia, viz., Miss Small, afterwards Mrs Oakes, which event took place at Government House, Parramatta, New South Wales. Deceased was born on the 29th March, 1883, at Olive Vale Station, outside Cooktown. Flags were flying on the business premises on Saturday last as a mark of respect to the deceased soldier.
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