RYAN, Henry Thomas
Service Numbers: | 6451, VX21832 |
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Enlisted: | 4 June 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1 Corps of Signals |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 1 November 1901 |
Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | North Adelaide Public School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Telephone Linesman |
Died: | Killed in Action, Greece, 19 April 1941, aged 39 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" ATHENS MEMORIAL GREECE - Face 11. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of St Peters Citizens Who Have Enlisted Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6451, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6451, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
4 Jun 1940: | Involvement Signalman, VX21832 | |
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4 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX21832, 1 Corps of Signals | |
4 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Caulfield, VIC |
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Enlisted in WWI under alias LANG, Henry
Eliisted at 14 In Last War-Killed
Running away from home at the age of 14, Henry Thomas Ryan joined the A.I.F. in 1916, and served until 1918. He enlisted again last year, at 39. and left
in November for the Near East. Today his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Ryan. of College avenue, Prospect, were informed that he had beern killed in action on April 19.
He was educated at the North Adelaide Public School which he left in 1916 to go to Victoria. He wrote from Victoria to inform his parents that he had enlisted giving a wrong age.
He joined a Victorian unit as a signaller last year, and wrote several times to his parents after he reached the Near East.
He worked in many parts of Australia chiefly in engineering plants. Signaller Ryan's father served in the Light Horse in the last war. - News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), 3 June, p. 5.