RYAN, Edward Joseph
| Service Numbers: | 3714, 3714A |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Largs, New South Wales, Australia, 14 October 1888 |
| Home Town: | West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia, 30 January 1931, aged 42 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 1-I Spec. 20 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3714, 1st Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3714, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3714, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 29 Mar 1918: | Wounded Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, SWs left arm and back | |
| 25 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3714A, 1st Pioneer Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", SW left thigh | |
| 1 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3714A, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
91 years ago today, on the Saturday afternoon of the 31st January 1931, Private Edward Joseph Ryan, Administrative Headquarters (Reg No-3714A), labourer from 26 Hunter Street, West Maitland, New South Wales and Cessnock, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 42. CATHOLIC 1-I Spec. 20.
Born at Largs, New South Wales on the 14th October 1888 to Timothy Edward and Ellen Ryan of 26 Hunter Street, West Maitland, New South Wales; husband of Mary Ryan nee McDonald (married 1926, Sydney, N.S.W., died?), Edward enlisted January 1917 with the 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 29.3.1918 (GSW or shapnel left arm and back), 25.8.1918 (GSW or shapnel right thigh).
Edward returned home January 1920, being discharged on the 1st March 1920.
Mr. Ryan’s name has been inscribed on the Cessnock War Memorial and the Hexham J & A Brown Workshops Roll of Honor (photo, unveiled on the 7th October 1916, 19 names originally inscribed, 31 names now inscribed, 7 Fallen).
There is no indication inscribed on Edward’s headstone plaque of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies in remembrance of his sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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