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LYONS, Arthur James
(Service number 36463)

Aliases	Scotty
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	11/05/1895	Place of Birth	Belfast, Ireland

Enlistment Information

Date	18 September 1916	Age	21 years 4 months
Address at Enlistment	11 Hugh Street, Timaru
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	William J. LYONS (father), 11 Hugh Street, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 6 feet. Weight 156 lnches. chestmeasurement 3..-36 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair light brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing good. Colour vision correct. 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.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements, G Company
Date	19 January 1917
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, 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	17 September 1919	Reason	Termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	20 March 1977	Age	81 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 21 & 22 March 1977
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Arthur James LYONS was born in 1895 at Belfast, Northern Ireland, the older son of William John LYONS and Sarah Jane née CORBETT. The family migratedfrom Belfast to New Zealand in October 1913. At the time of enlisting, Arthur was a labourer at the PareoraFreezing Works.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [16 October 2015]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5544 0070155) [16 October 2015]; Timaru Herald, 21 & 22 March 1977 (Tmaru District Library) [16 October 2015]; Timaru Herald, 20 September 1916 [x 2], 19 December 1917, 30 July 1919, 8 August 1919, North Otago Times, 15 December 1917, Dominion, 6 August 1919 (Papers Past) [16 October 2015]

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