Henry Lyell LAWSON

LAWSON, Henry Lyell

Service Number: 32895
Enlisted: 1 November 1916, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: Field Artillery Brigades
Born: Edinburgh, Scotland, 8 July 1890
Home Town: Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling: Edinburgh HGS, Scotland
Occupation: Electrical Fitter
Died: 2 July 1960, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales
Presbyterian Monumental B1, Grave 0045
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World War 1 Service

1 Nov 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 32895, Field Artillery Brigades, Sydney, NSW
11 May 1917: Involvement Gunner, 32895, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917: Embarked Gunner, 32895, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Ogilvie and the late Margaret LAWSON, 169 Livingstone Road, Marrickville, NSW

Henry saw service in France and was wounded at Ypres in October 1917 and invalided to Bishops Knoll Hospital, Bristol, England and returned to Australia and discharges as medically unfit 11 September, 1918.