James LYONS

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Service Number:	1018
Enlisted:	7 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Belmont, Belmont, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 16, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Belmont War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, West Leederville War Memorial

7 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1018, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1018, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1018, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
1 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
7 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 1018, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1018 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-06

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Son of Thomas Joseph and Teresa Mary Lyons of 28 Oxford Street, Leederville, WA formerly of Hehir Street, Belmont, WA

Husband of Catherine Ritchie Lyons of Abbot Street, Granville, NSW. James and Catherine were married on 3 August 1912 but had separated

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to his mother

Served in the Royal Navy for just over three years