Vincent Arthur LYONS

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Service Number:	VX38403
Enlisted:	12 August 1940, Royal Park, Vic, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 29 January 1915
Home Town:	Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria
Died:	Died at sea (POW of Japan-Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave; (At Sea); (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Panel 24., Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Deniliquin War Memorial, Echuca War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial

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3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, VX38403
12 Aug 1940:	Involvement Private, VX38403, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
12 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Private, VX38403, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion, Royal Park, Vic, Australia
12 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX38403, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore

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