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Cenotaph record

Eric Lyon

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Names panel, right, Memorial gates, Greytown Soldiers Memorial Park (photo G.A. Fortune 2012) - Image has All Rights Reserved

Names panel, right, Memorial gates, Greytown Soldiers Memorial Park (photo G.A. Fortune 2012) - Imag …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eric AWMM
  • Surname
    Lyon AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 45009 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.A. Lyon (wife), care of W.D. Lyon, 226 The Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 45009 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Solicitor/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William Deans Lyon and Edith Mary Lyon; husband of Edith Annie Lyon, of 226, Wellington Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 September 1918 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Havrincourt, France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France AWMM IV. G. 13. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Memorial gates, Greytown Soldiers Memorial Park, Kuratawhiti Street, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
    • Memorial trees, 117 lime trees, Avenue of Remembrance, Greytown Soldiers Memorial Park, Kuratawhiti Street, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
    • St Peter's Anglican Church, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

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