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1205917
Pte. Michael Byrne
Australian Imperial Force 29th Btn.
from:Harbour Grace, Newfoundland
(d.2nd March 1917)
Michael Byrne was killed March 2nd 1917, in an attack by the 29th Battalion to take Sunray Trench from the 8th Bavarian Regiment. He is buried in the Bancourt British Cemetery, France. Michael was born in Harbour Grace Newfoundland in 1893. He was the son of John William and Elizabeth Byrne of Harbour Grace, and one of five siblings. Although listed by the CWGC as an Australian casualty, Michael was actually a Newfoundlander and the casualty statistics above have been altered to show this.