RYAN, Cornelius Henry J
| Service Number: | 2415 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 7 May 1888 |
| Home Town: | Cooks Hill, Newcastle West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | TB - war related, Waterfall Sanatorium, at Waterfall near the Royal National Park near Sydney, 18 September 1925, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 27 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2415, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2415, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2415, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2415, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW left knee | |
| 6 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2415, 31st Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
95 years ago today, on the Sunday afternoon of the 20th September 1925 (5 funerals on this day), Private Cornelius Henry J Ryan, (also known as Con), 31st Battalion (Reg No-2415), painter from 147 Darby Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales (with his younger sister Miss Violet M Ryan) and Waterfall Sanatorium, at Waterfall near the Royal National Park near Sydney, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 37. CATHOLIC 1-06. 15.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139868886 - funeral notice states service.
Born at Cooks Hill, New South Wales on the 7th May 1888 to Cornelius Henry J (died 1918 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159096816) and Helena Kate (died 1915 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138229604) Ryan, Con enlisted November 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 19.7.1916 (GSW left knee, Battle of Fromelles), Con returned home January 1918, being discharged medically unfit (giddiness and breathlessness on exertion) on the 6th February 1918.
Name not inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour or the Newcastle Operative Painters & Decorators Honour Roll or any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
Mother Helena Kate’s name has been inscribed on the family headstone, but not father Cornelius or their son, so December 2017 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/.../index.php...
Service record states Died after Discharge.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Waterfall Sanatorium, at Waterfall near the Royal National Park near Sydney, was a hospital for the treatment of patients, including children, who had advanced tuberculosis (TB). Patients were sent to Waterfall, often against their will, and were not released until cured. People who died there are buried on the site. Waterfall Sanatorium closed in 1958.
Lest We Forget.
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