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LYONS, Philip James

Service Numbers:	1994, V19589
Enlisted:	22 September 1941
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Percydale, Victoria, Australia , 16 June 1894
Home Town:	Lorne, Surf Coast, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner [WW1]; Clerk [WW2]
Died:	Lorne, Victoria, Australia, 24 July 1965, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sale Public Cemetery, Victoria Cremated: Niche Wall Centre, 17
Memorials:	Avoca Soldiers Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1994, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1994, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

World War 2 Service

22 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V19589

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Biography contributed by Ian Fox

During WW1 Philip served with the AIF at Gallipoli, and in Egypt and France.