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Trooper JOHN ROLAND MCGINLAY BYRNES

Service Number: QX38293
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Cavalry Regiment

2/7

Date of Death

Died 09 February 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY

A1. B. 16.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John Roland and Kathleen Byrnes, of Yuleba, Queensland,.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY HIS MEMORY WILL NEVER FADE
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Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 3826
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