Eric LYON

Regimental number45009
OccupationSolicitor
Next of kinWife, Mrs E A Lyon, c/o W D Lyon, 226 The Terrace, Wellington
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Embarked, 14 April 1917; disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917.
Final rankCorporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialFifteen Ravine British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row G, Grave No 13), Villers-Plouich, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in St Peter's Anglican Church, Wellington. Parents: William Deans Lyon and Edith Mary Lyon; Wife: Edith Annie Lyon, 226 Wellington Terrace, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 3