Lyndon Forrest PAGE

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PAGE, Lyndon Forrest

Service Number:	1037
Enlisted:	19 April 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Company Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 30 March 1897
Home Town:	Melton Mowbray, Southern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Hutchins School, Hobart
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed by shell, Flers, France, 13 November 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart All Saints Church Honour Roll, Hobart Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

19 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1037, 26th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1037, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1037, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
12 Dec 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 26th Infantry Battalion
11 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 26th Infantry Battalion
13 Nov 1916:	Involvement 1037, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1037 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1916-11-13

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Lyndon Forrest PAGE was born in Hobart, Tasmania on 30th March, 1897

He was the only child of Harry Augustus PAGE & Henrietta Mary FORREST

He had previously served with the 93rd Infantry in the Senior Cadets before he enlisted in Claremont Tasmania on 19th April, 1915 & embarked from Brisbane on the HMAT Aeneas on 29th June, 1915

Lydon was Killed in Action on 13th November, 1916 in France by an exploding shell

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers Bretonneux Memorial

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal

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