Soldier profiles
Name : BYE, THOMAS ROBERT
Service Number : NX88361
Date of Birth : 19/02/1922
Place of Birth : BOURKE, NSW
Known as : TOM
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 12/02/1942
Locality on Enlistment : BOURKE, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : BYE, REG
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 9 PIONEER TRAINING BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 18 PLATOON D COMPANY (DAEO, MOROTAI)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : NEW GUINEA, BORNEO
Actions : SHAGGY RIDGE (NEW GUINEA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 01/09/1945
Date Died : 31/08/1995
Age at Death : 73
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4626339 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_064182.jpg, AWM_064183.jpg, AWM_090603.jpg, 2/2 Pioneers Newsletter 11/1995 p1
Background : Brother? of John Horace Bye (2/2 Pioneer). Late of Toongi, near Dubbo.
