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Bombardier WILLIAM JAMES BYRNE

Service Number: 1735
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Artillery

4 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1942

Buried or commemorated at

KHAYAT BEACH WAR CEMETERY

A. G. 11.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred Ernest and Amy Byrne, of Papanui, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

KHAYAT BEACH WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 887
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