John Lyle
Able Seaman
A very painful accident befell a blue jacket named John Lyle, attached to the H.M.S. Cerberus on Tuesday last, while engaged painting the flagstaff in the torpedo depot. It appeared that Lyle ascended in a boatswain's chair as far as the yard arm, and while busy using the brush allowed the chair to slip from under him, the result being that he fell to the ground and struck his face with such force that his nose was literally split in halves. Dr. Honman was immediately telephoned for, and upon his arrival he considered it absolutely necessary that the injured man should be removed to the hospital, where Dr. Maclean took the case in hand with good results.
Williamstown Chronicle, 29 October 1898
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From Volunteer Listing kept by CPO Goding & held by grandson Lawrence Dilks, Williamstown. Compared with China Contingent List. Prepared by Ada Ackerly, Directory Williamstown Museum, c 1987.
Profile in The Australian Illustrated Enclclopaedia of The Boxer Uprising 1899-1901, Justin Corfield, Slouch Hat Publications, McCrae Australia, 2001.
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