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LYONS, Leslie James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX60128 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 July 1940, Paddington, NSW, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Anti Tank Batteries / Companies |
| Born: | Junee, New South Wales, 7 April 1910 |
| Home Town: | Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died at sea (POW of Japan-Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave; (At Sea); (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Panel 3. Roll of Honour: Junee, NSW, Australia., Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, NX60128, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies | |
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| 29 Jul 1940: | Involvement Gunner, NX60128, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies, Battle of Rabaul | |
| 29 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Gunner, NX60128, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies, Paddington, NSW, Australia | |
| 29 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX60128 | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Battle of Rabaul |
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