Malcolm William LYON

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Service Number:	WX19001
Enlisted:	13 January 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Northam, Western Australia, Australia, 1 July 1910
Home Town:	Merredin, Merredin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Brewery Cellarman
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 17 September 1943, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot D. Row B. Grave 9. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE... MY PAL"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Merredin War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX19001
13 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX19001, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion

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