William LYONS

Regimental number48145
OccupationHardware travel
Next of kinFather, C Lyons, 233 Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of disease 17 February 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXXI, Row G, Grave No 34), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Mary Lyons, Omagh, Co Tyrone, Ireland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 36

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