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LYONS, John
(Service number 64086)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Corporal

Birth

Date	30/01/1887	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	27 February 1917	Age	30 years 1 month
Address at Enlistment	102 Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Occupation	Railway shunter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Timothy LYONS (father), Winchester
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7½ inches. Weight 155 lbs. Chest measurement 34½-38½ inches. Complexion dark. Eyes blue. Hair dark brown. Sight - right eye 6/12, left eye normal. Hearing and colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full and perfect movement of joints. Chest well formed. Heart and lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated (left). Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. No fits.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	32nd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Date	22 November 1917
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	20 August 1919	Reason	Termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	4 November 1958	Age	72 years
Place of Death	Hawera
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Hawera Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Block LXXXI, Plot 10959
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John LYONS was the son of Timothy and Mary (née KEEFE) LYONS. His brothers Dennis Francis, Miachael and Timothy all served in World War I.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [11 October 2015]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5544 0070177) [11 October 2015]; Hawera Cemetery burial records (South Taranaki District Council) [16 October 2015]; Manawatu Times, 14 February 1917, Dominion, 15 July 1919, Timaru Herald, 19 July 1919 (Papers Past) [16 October 2015]

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