LYONS – Michael 68th Light Infantry and 49th Regiment

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Name	LYONS – Michael
Regiment (s)	68th Light Infantry and 49th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	1517 – 68th Regiment 3507 – 49th Regiment
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	20th March 1839 / 19 years / Tralee Kerry Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 8 in Fair / Grey / Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Malta
Length of Service	15 years 173 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 3rd July 1855 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	Possibly Crimean and Crimean Turkish
Intended Residence at Discharge	Not Stated
Pension Districts	1855 Tralee 1860 Galway 1860 Galway 1862-1872 Western Australia
Pension Paid	1/0d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	6th October 1861 Portland England via Cape of Good Hope
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	LINCELLES 28th January 1862
Date/Place of Birth	c1820 Glainbugh Killorglin Kerry Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	KELLY Mary
Date/Place of Marriage	5th September 1864 St. Patrick’s Fremantle WA
Children by 1^st Wife	Patrick b 27 March 1867 Fremantle Western Australia Bp 28 March 1867 D 1937 Mildura Victoria Stephan Thomas b 26 December 1868 Fremantle WA Bp 6 January 1869 M HARRIS Bridget 1907 Victoria D February 1936 Heidelberg Victoria Mary B 11 August 1870 Fremantle Western Australia Bp 21 August 1870 Margaret b 27 October 1871 Fremantle Western Australia Bp 29 October 1871 M RIDGWAY William 1890 Victoria D 1927 Richmond Victoria Mary Minnie born 1872 Died 1872 aged 1 month
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	KELLY Thomas
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Margaret Kelly (The Herald 29/06/1872)
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Warder Hospital Compounder Convict establishment
Newspaper Articles	The Herald Saturday 29 June 1872 page 3 Lengthy article about the suicide of Michael Lyons from the effects of ingestion of strychnine and inhalation of Chloroform Inquirer and Commercial News Perth Wednesday 17th July 1872 – page 2
Departure from Western Australia	Not Applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	22nd June 1872 Western Australia Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	Discharge: “loss of power in left arm from gunshot wound to shoulder” British Army, Worldwide Index 1841 1517 Sergeant 68th regt. Location Ashton under Lyme 1851 1517 Sergeant 68th regt. Location MaltaHe transferred from the 68th to the 49th at Valetta Malta 3rd April 1854. His pension was paid from the Patriotic Fund which indicates he was wounded at Crimea. The day previous to his suicide Michael had been stood down from his occupation as compounder at the hospital by his superior. After Michael’s death his widow Mary and family travelled to South Australia where on 10th September 1878 she married Thomas Bradshaw at St. Andrew’s manse in Adelaide. Later they travelled to Victoria where she died 6th November 1900 at South Yarra. Her father throughout all this is recorded as Thomas Kelly.