Albert LYONS

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Service Number:	285
Enlisted:	14 September 1914, Enlisted at Roseberry Park, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Illness -Pneumonia followed by heart failure, 4th General Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 5 December 1915
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Church of England Section, Row EE, Grave 576, Rookwood Necropolis, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 285, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Roseberry Park, NSW
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 285, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 285, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
29 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 285, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the left leg and toe the latter was later amputated

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Son of John and Zillah Lyons of Palmer Street, Darlinghurst, NSW

15 August 1915 - wounded commemced return to Australia from Suez on board HMAT Themistocles disembarking at Melbourne on 10 September 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal