Service Details
Name:
 BYRNE
Given Name:
 PATRICK
Initials:
 P
Service No:
 66434V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S.A.S. Treern
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Date of Death:
 1945-01-12
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Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Sunk by mine, off East Coast of Greece
Additional
Information:
Son of Margaret Byrne, of "Hillside", Kirkwood, Port Elizabeth. Husband of Jean Henrietta Byrne, of Cape Town. Born Robben Island. Educated Paarl Boys High School 1929. A package clerk for Vacuum Oil Company then as accredit clerk. Commemorated on Robben Island Garrison Church Memorial. and on the SA Navy, Simonstown WWII Memorials. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (Plumstead) Cemetery.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 95, Column 1.

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