William John LYONS

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Service Number:	4544
Enlisted:	19 August 1915, Gladstone, QLD, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bundaberg, Queensland, 4 June 1894
Home Town:	Gladstone, Gladstone, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Killed in Action, Somme, France, 8 August 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" (CWGC) Official Commemoration: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial - Somme, France., Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

19 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4544, 15th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
19 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4544, 15th Infantry Battalion, Gladstone, QLD, Australia
31 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4544, 15th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
31 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4544, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane

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Son of James Joseph LYONS, & Elizabeth "Lizzie" (nee FANNING) LYONS, of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.