John LYON

LYON, John

Service Number: 401706
Enlisted: 28 March 1941
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Glasgow, Scotland, 19 April 1916
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Prisoner of War - Executed, New Guinea, 20 March 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 401706
28 Mar 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 401706

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

RAAF Boston aircraft A28-3 of Number 22 Squadron was shot down at Salamaua on 18 March 1943 after an attack - the burning aircraft was ditched in the sea about 1000 yards out from shore

Sergeant Basil Gilbert Eastwood 13055 was killed in the crash

Flight Sergeant John Lyon 401706 and Flight Lieutenant William Ellis Newton VC 250748 were both murdered by the Japanese after becoming taken prisoner (POW)

FLTLT Newton was the only WW2 RAAF Victoria Cross recipient in the Pacific theatre

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