HART, Morris David Byrne
Service Number: | QX32441 |
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Enlisted: | 26 May 1942 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | Pacific Island Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3 May 1923 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Queensland University |
Occupation: | Audit Clerk |
Died: | Accidental - Jeep Accident, New Guinea, New South Wales, Australia, 25 December 1945, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery N A 4 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX32441 | |
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26 May 1942: | Enlisted | |
23 Dec 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX32441, Pacific Island Infantry Battalion |
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Morris David Byrne HART was born in Brisbane on 3rd May, 1923
His parents were Byrne HART & Margaret Hannah CRAMOND who married in Queensland on 20th March, 1922
He died in a Jeep Accident in Papua New Guinea on Christmas Day, 25th December, 1945
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His Father Byrne HART served as a Lieutenant during WW1 in the 49th Infantry Battalion and returned to Australia on 31st July, 1918 - he was awarded the Military Cross
He also served during WW2 (SN QX42594) as a Major in the Water Transport RAE and was discharged on 16th August, 1944