LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class 1 John Garnet BYRNE
Service No: 122722
Born: Bordertown SA, 14 July 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 March 1943
Unit: No. 6 Transportation and Movements Office, Townsville QLD
Died: Illness (Pneumonia), Townsville, 20 September 1943, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Townsville War Cemetery, QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Joseph and Olive Elizabeth Byrne, of Mount Gambier, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Mount Gambier SA
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 20 September 1943, Aircraftman Class I Byrne, a General Hand, died from pneumonia at the Townsville General Hospital.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/6/236