Private John Thomas Lyons

Service number 150
Birth Date 27/02/1898
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Murchison
Death Date 19/05/1915
Death Place Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Gallipoli Peninsula
Final Rank Private
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Private John Thomas Lyons (150, 3rd Battalion) was born at Murchison, Victoria, on 27 Feb 1898. Family folklore says that he and a friend rode their bicycles all the way to Sydney to enlist in September 1914. John gave his age as 19 years 2 months. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 19 May 1915 at age 17 years 2 months and is buried in the 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.

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Date of birth 27/02/1898
Date of embarkation 20/10/1914
Date of enlistment 03/09/1914
Date of fate 19/05/1915
Date of death 19/05/1915

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