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LYONS, Michael
(Service number 18492)

Aliases
First Rank	Corporal	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	08/01/1893	Place of Birth	Levels, South Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date	2 September 1916	Age	23 years
Address at Enlistment	106 Madras Street, Christchurch
Occupation	Clerk
Previous Military Experience	N Z Engineers Railway Battalion
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Timothy LYONS (father), Winchester, South Canterbury
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6¼ inches. Weight 161 lbs. Chest measurement 34-39½ inches. Complexion dark. Eyes grey. Hair dark brown. Sight, hearing and colour vision all 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. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Fit.

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	Army Pay Department
Date	21 January 1917
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade

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	7 March 1919	Reason	No longer physically fit for War Service on account of ilness contracted on Active Service.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	22 May 1963	Age	71 years
Place of Death	Kew, Invercargill
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
Memorial Reference	Roman Catholic Block 11, Plot 39
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Michael 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 0070185) [16 October 2015]; Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, headstone image (Invercargill City Council) [16 October 2015]; Timaru Herald, 20 December 1907, 11 & 27 September 1919, Sun, 6 July 1916, 21 August 1917, 3 April 1918, Press, 8 & 16 March 1917, 13 & 27 April 1927, 13 May 1927, 8 July 1927, Otago Daily Times, 9 September 1918 (Papers Past) [16 & 17 October 2015]

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