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Noel Stanley George Lyes

Conflict: 
Vietnam
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Posted to Vietnam in 161 Bty 15.9.1967. Employed initially as gun number, then changed to driver in 161 Bty. Died on active service-self inflicted GSW in Nui Dat base. Also served in Borneo with 1 RNZIR. NZ Memorial Cross awarded to family. He was initially RNZIR and completed a Corps change to RNZA while in Vietnam. Qualified for the Australian Unit Citation for Gallantry for his service in FSB Coral and Balmoral as a Dvr Op." (sic)

[Auckland War Memorial Museum (https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C1708)]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
41243
Name:
Noel Stanley George Lyes
Rank: 
Gunner
Date of Birth:
20 November 1939
Date of Enlistment:
Not known

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Suicide
Date of Death:
23 June 1968
Day of Death:
Sunday
Conflict: 
Vietnam

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Hokitika Cemetery
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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