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Soldier profiles
Name : LYON, EDWARD J.
Service Number : WX15907
Date of Birth : 13/05/1913
Place of Birth : NORTHAMPTON, WA
Known as : TED
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 20/08/1941
Locality on Enlistment : NANNUP, WA
Place of Enlistment : CLAREMONT, WA
Next of Kin : LYON, JOHN
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 110 AMMUNITION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 20/03/1946
Date Died : 22/08/2008
Age at Death : 95
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : BUSSELTON CEMETERY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0054 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6466315 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 1037011 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 1504kB), Headstone [photo courtesy of L. Larment]
Background : NO
