Service Details
Name:
 LYONS
Given Name:
 ROBERT HUGH
Initials:
 R H
Service No:
 117157
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class II
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Regiment:
 South African Corps of Signals
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Date of Death:
 1942-01-17
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Date of Birth:
 1898-06-28
Age:
 43
Cause of Death:
 Died in an explosion, while trying to dismantle an artillery shell in the Middle East
Additional
Information:
Husband of Roberta Lyons, of 117 Perth St, Westdene, Johannesburg. Born Johannesburg. A driver. He had 3 children.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 9. D. 12.

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