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LYONS, Michael
| Service Number: | 2660 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia, 25 April 1889 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Machinest |
| Died: | Brain haemorrhage caused by a hit to the head. , Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia, 16 November 1924, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Gambier Lake Terrace Cemetery Section LA Plot 138 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 2660, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2660, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2660, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 2660, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 20 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 2660, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2660, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Lemar
Michael LYONS was born at Mt Gambier on 25.04.1889 to Denis (1844-1930) and Ellen LYONS (nee BARRY 1858-1930).
Michael LYONS married Annie Myrtle (Molly) MORLEY (1900-1988) in February 1923
Michael LYONS joined the AIF on 17.01.1916 and was allocated service number 2660. He was attached to the 47th Battalion.
He was wounded in action in France on 07.08.1916 with a gunshot wound to the left thigh and returned to England for treatment before returning to his battalion.
He was again wounded in action on 07.06.1917 in France.
On 27.03.1918 he was wounded in action for the third time with gunshot wounds to the fingers and hospitalised until 11.04.1918
On 30.04.1918, he was wounded in action for a 4th time having been gassed.
He returned to Australia and was discharged from the AIF on 20.10.1919.
Michael LYONS died as a result of an altercation with a fellow WW1 veteran in Mac’s Hotel, Mt Gambier on 15.11.1924.
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