RYAN, Richard
| Service Number: | 2216 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Canbelego, Cobar, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Carcoar Convent School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 8 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie Special Memorial 50 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2216, 54th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2216, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2216, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Richard Ryan was the son of John Dwyer and Mary Ryan, of Trangie, New South Wales.
They lost two sons to the war, Richard’s younger brother, 6545 Pte. Joseph Michael Ryan being killed in action on 11 September 1918, aged 20.
The father, John Dwyer Ryan was an Irishman who had come to Australia as a lad. Like many others, he became seized with the gold fever, and followed mining pursuits for many years at Cobar, Carcoar and Canbelego. In about 1917 he came to reside at Trangie, NSW. When he died in 1926 part of his obituary stated “The loss of two of his sons, Michael and Richard, who made the Supreme Sacrifice during the war, affected the old gentleman very much, and the loss of these brave boys was a great shock to him.”
Richard joined the 54th Battalion in France at Christmas 1916, and died of wounds on 8 March 1917. Nothing is known of what happened but he seemed to have been buried in a small cemetery near Ginchy. After the war his remains were moved and now he has a special memorial in the Guards' Cemetery at Lesboeufs, France, which says “believed to be buried in this cemetery.”
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