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John Sydney LYON

Regimental number2563
Place of birthHappy Valley, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressSt George's Road, Toorak, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation43
Next of kinWife, Mrs Minnie Olive Lyon, Lisson Grove, Hawthorn, Victoria
Enlistment date30 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll1 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name57th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/74/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateDied of disease 23 February 1919
Place of burialJoinville-Le-Pont Communal Cemetery (Division 13, Grave No. 13), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Margaret LYON; husband of Minnie LYON, 22 Lisson Grove, Hawthorn, Victoria

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