BYRNE, Edward James
| Service Number: | 491 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Enniskillen, Ireland, United Kingdom, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 31 October 1952, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland Plot: T-372 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 491, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 4 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Company Sergeant Major, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 28, notes promoted to Colour Sergeant 4 Mar 1901. | |
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Company Sergeant Major, 491, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Company Sergeant Major, 491, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Edward James Byrne enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father, Sgt.-Major Byrne, Volunteer Office, Brisbane. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 28, it is noted hie directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. E. Byrne, Gladstone St, South Brisbane.
Edward James Byrne was born about 1880 at Enniskillen, Ireland, a son to John Patrick Byrne and Mary Emily Byrne (nee Lindsay). His father was Sgt.-Major John Patrick Byrne who emigrated with his young family, including Edward, from Ireland in 1886 to Queensland. Having been an Imperial soldier in England, Ireland and India he was appointed as an instructor with the Qld Defence Forces.
Edward married Mary Honorine Condon on 16 Aug 1905 at St. Joseph's Church, Hobart, Tasmania and they would have 3 children. Edward, after his discharge from the 5th QIB, followed in father's footsteps as an instructor Sgt.-Major with the Australian Permanent Defence Force (Army) and was stationed in Melbourne when his father passed in 1914. His son, Condon Bryan Byrne, would go on to be a politician and was elected to the Australian Senate as a Qld representative of the ALP in 1951.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, bk 1 p. 28; The Biographical Dictionary of The Australian Senate: Condon Bryan Byrne- Parliament of Australia online).
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Edward James Byrne enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father, Sgt.-Major Byrne, Volunteer Office, Brisbane. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 28, it is noted hie directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. E. Byrne, Gladstone St, South Brisbane.
Edward James Byrne was born about 1880 at Enniskillen, Ireland, a son to John Patrick Byrne and Mary Emily Byrne (nee Lindsay). His father was Sgt.-Major John Patrick Byrne who emigrated with his young family, including Edward, from Ireland in 1886 to Queensland. Having been an Imperial soldier in England, Ireland and India he was appointed as an instructor with the Qld Defence Forces.
Edward married Mary Honorine Condon on 16 Aug 1905 at St. Joseph's Church, Hobart, Tasmania and they would have 3 children. Edward, after his discharge from the 5th QIB, followed in father's footsteps as an instructor Sgt.-Major with the Australian Permanent Defence Force (Army) and was stationed in Melbourne when his father passed in 1914. His son, Condon Bryan Byrne, would go on to be a politician and was elected to the Australian Senate as a Qld representative of the ALP in 1951.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, bk 1 p. 28; The Biographical Dictionary of The Australian Senate: Condon Bryan Byrne- Parliament of Australia online).
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