WW1

LYONS, Martin

Date of birth: 
1897
Biographical notes: 

Martin Lyons was born in Richmond on 30 January 1897.  He was the son of Michael Edward Lyons, musician and musical instrument importer, and Bertha Scutt.  His obituary in The Australasian reads:

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LYONS, Stanley

Date of birth: 
1896
Biographical notes: 

Stanley Lyons was a fine young man, described as 'a brave, bright, honourable boy and one of the first to answer his country's call' by his foster mother, Frances Sheppard, and as 'a bright, manly and truthful boy' by his 'Auntie', Susannah Taylor. In truth, he had no relations, but he was also loved by a third woman, his landlady in East Melbourne, Mrs.

Brown's Dip Cemetery, Gallipoli
Dead Australian Soldiers, Leane's trench, Lone Pine, 1915
Dead Australian Soldiers, Krithia, 1915
Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli
Bodies in the trenches, Krithia,1915
Stanley Lyons photo Roll of Honour
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MACKAY, Harold George

Date of birth: 
1889
Biographical notes: 

Group portrait of patients and staff at the Military Families Hospital at Valetta, Malta.

Harold George MacKay
Harold George MacKay (left) and Frederick William Mackay
Harold George MacKay standing fourth from right, at hospital, Valetta
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MACKAY, Jack

Date of birth: 
1893
Biographical notes: 

John Michael Mackay was the son of Joseph Mackay and his wife Charlotte, nee Piper. The couple married in 1890 and had nine children: Joseph (1890); Theresa (1892); William (1894); Ada (1897); Winifred (1900); Thomas (1904); Anthony (1908); Mary (1909). John. known as Jack, was born on 28 December, 1895, making him the fourth in his family.

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MACKAY, John Shaw

Date of birth: 
1890
Biographical notes: 

John Shaw Mackay was in the fifth year of his medical degree at Melbourne University when he enlisted on 18 August 1914. Born in 1890, he was then 24 years old and gave as his next of kin his mother, then living at 4 Fawkner St., South Yarra. He was tall for the time, 5' 10", with dak brown hair and eyes, and by religion, Church of England.

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MACKEY, Michael

Date of birth: 
1875
Biographical notes: 

Michael Mackey was Irish by birth, the son of Wilma and Peter Mackey, a policeman, from Lavan, County Wicklow, Ireland. At the date of his enlistment in the Australian Army Medical Corps on 10 September 1914 he was living in Perth, Western Australia.Two of his siblings were also in Australia, his brother, Denis, also in Western Australia, and his sister Ellen, his only

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MAGILL, Arthur

Date of birth: 
1893
Biographical notes: 

Arthur Magill was a 21 year old Bank Clerk, probably living in Ballarat, Victoria, when he enlisted for the  First World War on 26 July, 1915. His next of kin was given as his father, Alexander Magill of Wendouree Parade, Ballarat. He may have  enlisted in at the Drill Hall in East Melbourne or at the Melbourne Town Hall.

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MAHER, James Frederick

Biographical notes: 

Maher enlisted on 4 November 1914. He was 5' 5" tall, weighing 136 lbs, with brown eyes and brown hair. He was 22 years and 8 months of age. His occupation was described as "tinsmith", and he is probably the Frederick James Maher, galvaniser, on the electoral roll at 55 Murphy St, Richmond in 1914.

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MAHONEY, Martin

Date of birth: 
1893
Biographical notes: 

Martin Mahoney was born in 1893 in Mount Gambier, South Australia, and enlisted for the war on 14 August, 1914. He had already had some military training, having been one year with the Broken Hill Rifle Club and six months with the 82nd Regiment. His mother, Annie Mahoney, lived at 3 Wolfram St., Broken Hill and was his next of kin.

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