Lyall, James

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Lyall, James Service Number 1704

Killed in Action 4th October 1917 Anzac Ridge, Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium

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NAME Lyall, James

SERVICE NO 1704

UNIT 1st Light Horse/ 1

st Battalion

RANK L/Cpl

AGE at Enlistment 27 yrs 8 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Parish of Uppington, Clarence Town, Durham.

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Forrest Guard

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 1 Sept 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Inverell, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Father;- Robert Lyall, Clarence Town/

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’8”. Weight-?. Chest-32-34½”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Fair.

RELIGION Presbyterian

EMBARKED

DISEMBARKED

NOTES Widow- Evelyn Mary Ann Lyall c/- Mr H Ford “Alveno” Gosford (re-married- Davis) Broughton Ave., Croydon Park/

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 19 Oct 1916 – Sheffield-trans to Dartford Hosp 8 Nov 1916

6 Feb 1917- Calais- injury mid-ear (Otitis Media) 21 Apr to 25 May 1917-sick-Broncho/Catarrh./ 4 Oct 1917- shot in knee, killed by explosion while in pill box awaiting evacua-tion to medical treatment

DIED 4 Oct 1917 Passchendaele Ridge- (Anzac Ridge)

BURIED 10 Oct 1917- (Jabber Track) right of Remus Wood, Belgium

Re-buried Aeroplane Cemetery 1¾ miles N E Ypres. Plot 3 Row B Gve 30

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-26324, British War Medal-22835, Victory Medal-22666. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll-336473

DEPENDANTS Son;- Lachlan Aubrey Lyall Wife;- Evelyn Mary Ann Lyall

PERSONAL EFFECTS Wallet, letters, photos, diary, religious medallion, 2 unit colours/

WILL Beneficiary;- Father Robert Lyall Esq.

CORRESPONDENCE Forestry Dept. NSW

Wife

Harris Wheeler Williams & McKenzie Solicitors, Hamilton/

REMARKS Brother Donald Lyall no 587 died 1915 Galliploi Brother Jack Lyall 3391 1

st MG Btn (ret Aust 12/5/18

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8205915

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