| Accession Number | P03288.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of brothers 2262 Private (Pte) Thomas Francis Joseph Byrne (left) and 2131 Pte ...
Description
Studio portrait of brothers 2262 Private (Pte) Thomas Francis Joseph Byrne (left) and 2131 Pte Raymond John Sylvester Byrne (right), 55th Battalion. Thomas Byrne, labourer of Cooma, New South Wales, enlisted on 21 October 1915 and Raymond Byrne, labourer of Bega, New South Wales, enlisted on 5 January 1916. Both embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Port Sydney on 4 September 1916 for England. Pte Raymond Byrne was disembarked and admitted to hospital in Durban, South Africa on 28 September 1916 suffering from pneumonia; he was returned to Australia and discharged as medically unfit on 9 May 1917. Pte Thomas Byrne disembarked at Plymouth, England, on 29 October 1916 and joined his unit on the Western Front, France on 24 December 1916. Pte Thomas Byrne was killed in action near Noreuil, France, on 9 May 1917. He was aged 22 years.