LYONS, Arthur Hugh
| Service Number: | 8014 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 August 1917, Albany, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Sligo, Ireland, 1 October 1881 |
| Home Town: | Cranbrook, Cranbrook, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Coleraine Academic Institution, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 24 April 1918, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cranbrook War Memorial, Cranbrook War Memorial Wall, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8014, Albany, Western Australia | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 8014, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 8014, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 6 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 8014, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 8014 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-24 | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 8014, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Villers-Bretonneux |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
51st Bn.Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was the son of Henry and Jane Warren Lyons; husband of Hilda Mary Lyons, of The Post Office, Albany, Western Australia.
He went to South Africa where he took part in the Zulu War of 1906-7 as a member of the mounted police. [This was probably The Bambatha Rebellion 1906–1907]. He was awarded the King's Medal for services rendered during that 'war'.
On July 10th 1912 he married Hilda Mary Gardiner of Middleton Rd, Albany and had 2 daughters.
Enlistment date-6 August 1917.
Unit name-11th Battalion, 27th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/28/5
Age at embarkation-36
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917
Age at death-36
War service: Western Front
He is remembered on the Roll of Honour in the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. John, Sligo. He had been born in Sligo.
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