AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Byrne, Patrick Joseph

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Byrne ​

• FORENAME

Patrick Joseph ​

• UNIT

2/1 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

NX26672 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st July 1942 ​

• AGE

23 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rabaul Memorial, Papua New Guinea Panel 12 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 23.05.1919 Bulli, New South Wales, Australia​

son of Joseph (1897-1972) and Mary (nee Riordan) Byrne (1899-1979), Fairfield, New South Wales​

civil occupation unemployed assistant cook​

single upon enlistment​

20.06.1940 entered service Paddington, New South Wales​

POW 2.2.1942 at sea​

lost when Japanese ship Montevideo Maru sunk by USS Sturgeon off Philippines ​

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