Herbert Thomas LYON

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LYON, Herbert Thomas

Service Number:	373
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 1 October 1876
Home Town:	Oxley, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 13 October 1946, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Gympie Cemetery, Qld Plot: MPE-2-36
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 373, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 373, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 373, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Herbert Thomas Lyon enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father W. T. Lyon, Oxley. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 40, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. E. Lyon, Oxley.

Herbert Thomas Lyon was born on 1 Oct 1876 in Queensland, a son to Walter Francis Lyon and Ellen Lyon (nee Sutton).

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 501; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 40).

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