Pte
Walter Edwin Byrne
Information about birth
Year of birth: 1895 |
Place of birth: New South Wales, Australia |
Army information
Country: Australia |
Force: Australian Imperial Force |
Rank: Private |
Service number: 6955 |
Units: — Australian Infantry, 5th Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 20/09/1917 |
Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
Age: 22 |
Memorial
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 7 |
Points of interest 1
#1 | Place of birth |
Sources 2
5th Australian Infantry, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/22/31). https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338583 Sources used |
First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, BYRNE W E). https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/NameSearch.aspx Sources used |
More information 4
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1598086 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=a15c96da-928d-455d-8ce9-84a5ab612e2a |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7379088 |
The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=42378 |