George Henry RYAN

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Service Number:	159
Enlisted:	17 November 1915, Place of enlistment - Armidale, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wee Waa, New South Wales, 28 January 1881
Home Town:	Wee Waa, Narrabri, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Municipal Inspector
Died:	Died of wounds (gassed), France, 1 May 1918, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension Row D, Grave18A, Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

17 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 159, Place of enlistment - Armidale, New South Wales
4 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 159, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A74' Marathon from Sydney on 4th May 1916, disembarking Devonport, England on 9th July 1916.
2 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 33rd Infantry Battalion
27 Feb 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 33rd Infantry Battalion
17 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 159, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Gassed succumbing to wounds on 1st May 1918.

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