Austin Joseph LYONS

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Service Numbers:	477, 477C
Enlisted:	10 July 1916, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Company
Born:	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia, 5 July 1895
Home Town:	Nanango, South Burnett, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Whinstaines, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1 July 1957, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Crawford State School Memorial Flagpole, Nanango War Memorial

10 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 477, 13th Machine Gun Company, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland.
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 477, 13th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 477, 13th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
7 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Company
15 Jan 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 477, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Gunshot Wound to the right arm, severe.
22 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 477C, Return to Australia.

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