Norman BYRNE MM

BYRNE, Norman

    Service Numbers: QX12438, 61529
    Enlisted: 25 July 1940
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: Merchant Navy
    Born: Maryborough, Queensland, Australia , 23 March 1900
    Home Town: Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Died, New Guinea, 20 February 1945, aged 44 years
    Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
    - memorial reference: AA. D. 11. The inscription on his wargrave reads: SERVED 1914-18 WAR WITH N.Z.FORCES, 1939-45 WAR WITH A. I. F.
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    World War 2 Service

    25 Jul 1940: Involvement QX12438
    25 Jul 1940: Enlisted
    25 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX12438
    30 Oct 1943: Discharged Merchant Navy
    20 Feb 1945: Discharged Merchant Navy, Able Seaman , Merchant Navy

    World War 1 Service

    24 Jul 2017: Involvement Private, 61529

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    Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

    Contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    Able Seaman Norman Byrne served with the New Zealand Forces in the Great War, and with the Australian Imperial Force during WWII.

    Whilst serving with New Zealand Forces in the Great War he was awarded a Military Medal. Details of his service in this conflict can be found via the NZ Service Record link to the left.

    He served with the Allied Transport Service. 

    He was 49 and the son of John and Margaret Byrne.

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