BYRNE, Thomas Leo
| Service Number: | 3262 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Seymour, Victoria, Australia, 20 October 1892 |
| Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Marist Brothers College Bendigo |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3262, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 3262, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3262, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Adelaide | |
| 20 Sep 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Corporal, 3262, 8th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3262 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-20 |
The Three Brothers Byrne
James John Byrne
Service Number 3531
Date of embarkation: 11 October 1915 in Adelaide on HMAT Nestor A71, his brother Thomas Leo also embarked on this ship. He returned to Australia on board HMAT Borda 30 and arrived June 27th 1919, his brother John Sheridan Byrne also returned on this ship.
John Sheridan Byrne
Service Number: 11672
Date of embarkation: 05 June 1916 from Melbourne on: HMAT Afric A19. He returned to Australia on board HMAT Borda 30 and arrived June 27th 1919, his brother James John Byrne also returned on this ship.
Thomas Leo Byrne
Service Number: 3262
Date of embarkation: 11 October 1915 in Adelaide on HMAT Nestor A71, his brother James John Byrne also embarked on this ship. Thomas was killed in action, his remains were never located.
Submitted 18 September 2015 by Bernadette Snowden
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