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LYONS, Edwin James

Service Numbers:	VX26083, VX26083
Enlisted:	12 June 1940
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	8th Divisional Supply Column (AASC)
Born:	Siddon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 September 1919
Home Town:	Glen Huntly, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motorcycle Mechanic
Died:	Illness, Japan, 23 June 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Yokohama War Cemetery Grave Location: Australian Section, E. A. 12. Roll of Honour: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX26083
12 Jun 1940:	Involvement Driver, VX26083, 8th Divisional Supply Column (AASC), Malaya/Singapore
12 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX26083
12 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Driver, VX26083, 8th Divisional Supply Column (AASC), Caulfield, Vic, Australia
2 Feb 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, VX26083, 8th Divisional Supply Column (AASC), Embarked at Sydney and later disembarked in Singapore on 19 Feb 1941.
8 Dec 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, VX26083, 8th Divisional Supply Column (AASC), Malaya/Singapore
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
23 Jun 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, VX26083, 8th Divisional Supply Column (AASC), D.O.D.

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of Albert Lewis LYONS & Alice Eva LYONS, of East Malvern, Victoria, Australia.