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Francis Andrew LYON

Regimental number7570
Place of birthStatharen Scotland
OccupationSalesman
AddressCottesloe Beach, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinWife, Mrs F L C Lyon, Wilbric Leonards St, Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia
Enlistment date22 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 25th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 29 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateDied of disease 29 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialLonguenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 21), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
63
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrew adn Marion LYON; husband Freda LYON, "Strathaven", McPherson Street, Nhill, Victoria

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