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Military service
Service number:
24577
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Battalion
Birth:
March 9, 1894
St. John's
Enlistment:
September 23, 1914
Valcartier
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Garrett and Anne Byrne, of "Hillcrest," St. John's Newfoundland.
Also commemorated on page 7 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Digital gallery of Private Gerald Francis Byrne
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Excerpt from St. John's Daily
An excerpt from St. John's Daily dated 2 July 1921. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 901 of 926. -
Photo of GERALD FRANCIS BYRNE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Gerald Francis Byrne
Digital gallery of
Private Gerald Francis Byrne
Digital gallery of
Private Gerald Francis Byrne
Digital gallery of
Private Gerald Francis Byrne
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 23 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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