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Sergeant WILLIAM JOHN LYON

Service Number: 148
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Engineers

4th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. D. 29.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of James and Charlotte Lyon, of 96, Bay View Rd., Yarraville, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. LYON OF YARRAVILLE THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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