LYON, Angus Frank
| Service Number: | 1372 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Northam, Western Australia, 4 September 1886 |
| Home Town: | Northam, Northam, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Treacherously Shot Dead (Head) By German 'Pows', Pozieres, France , 22 July 1916, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Northam Fallen, Northam Memorial Hospital, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1372, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1372, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1372, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 1372, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1372 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-22 |
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LYON, Angus Frank No. 1372 - WW1
ANGUS LYON (1886 - 1916)Born 4 September 1886 at Northam, Western Australia to parents, William Lyon and Susannah (nee Carter) who married in Northam 14 March 1861.a They had 14 children and Angus was a twin to Gerald Robert, aka Bob (1886 - 1970)1914, Angus enlisted at Helena Valley, Western Australia - 11th Battalion, C Coy, 3rd Brigade and went into camp at Blackboy Hill. His occupation at that time was Miner and he gave his twin's name as next-of-kin but it was later changed to that of his father, William Lyon. After preliminary training he left for Egypt. 25th April 1915 Angus was in the historical landing at Gallipoli and remained there until the evacuationKnown as Angie he was then drafted to France where he was engaged in heavy fighting at Pozieres and promoted to Sergeant there. It was between the 23rd and 25th July 1916 he was reported killed in action at Pozieres - he was 30 years of age.Angus Lyon and partner, Eileen Leah Huysmans had a son John Lyon, born 1915, 8 months after Angus left for the War. In 1918 Eileen married James Gangell and later, John Lyon changed his surname to John Huysmans Gangell, taking the surname of his stepfather. Eileen died in 1925.
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