Edward John RYAN

RYAN, Edward John

    Service Number: 4579
    Enlisted: 9 July 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 57th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Branxholme, Victoria, Australia, 25 January 1890
    Home Town: Beulah, Yarriambiack, Victoria
    Schooling: Rosebery East State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 25 September 1917, aged 27 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beulah Memorial Gates, Curyo Memorial Gates, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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    World War 1 Service

    9 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4579, 8th Infantry Battalion
    28 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 4579, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    28 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 4579, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
    25 Sep 1917: Involvement Private, 4579, 57th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4579 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-25

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Edward's younger brother 4576 Pte Joseph Ernest Ryan 58th Battalion AIF, who enlisted on the same day, was also killed in action, at Fromelles on 19 July 1916. Edward was reported by his mother to have walked the battlefield at Fromelles ooking for his brother without success. Another older brother, 6070 James Thomas Ryan 38th Battalion returned to Australia in 1919.

     

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