Michael Joseph LYNAM

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Service Number:	2043
Enlisted:	9 September 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	5th Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Allora, Queensland, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Allora, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 20 October 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXV, Row H, Grave 17A. Headstone inscription reads: Grant him eternal rest O Lord & let perpetual light shine upon him, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Allora St Patrick's School Shrine, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

9 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2043, Enlisted at Toowoomba
31 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 2043, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
31 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 2043, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane
17 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 2043, Third Ypres, Shell wounds penetrating abdomen, neck and left buttock
20 Oct 1917:	Involvement Driver, 2043, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2043 awm_unit: 5th Australian Divisional Ammunition Column awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-10-20

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Son of Terence and Abigail Teresa Lynam of Allora, QLD

25 June 1916 - changed rank to Driver

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal