Corporal William (Bill) Byron (c.1855–1919)
Bill Byron was a 44[2] (or 64[3]) year-old drover from Roebourne who enlisted in the 1st AIF (service number 2167) on 13 December 1915.[2] He was a friend of Aubrey Hall , and godfather to Aubrey's daughter Margaret . In February 1916 he was stationed at Blackboy Hill in Perth.[1] He died in Cairo on 2 June 1919, after being shot while "endeavouring to arrest a Turkish prisoner of war".
References
10th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Embarkation Roll, 15th Reinforcements (archive link):
2167, Private William BYRON, a 44 year old Drover from Roebourne, Western Australia. He enlisted on 13 December 1915; and at the conclusion of the war Died of Wounds, 2 June 1919.
Roll of Honour: William Byron, Australian War Memorial:
Service number: 2167. Rank: Trooper. Unit: 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment. Service: Australian Imperial Force. Date of Death: 02 June 1919. Place of Death: 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt. Cause of Death: Accidental. Age at Death: 64. Place of Association: Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia. Cemetery or Memorial Details: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt. Trooper Byron died of gun shot wounds accidentally inflicted while he was endeavouring to arrest a Turkish prisoner of war.
