RYAN, Roy John Black
| Service Number: | 4473 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Candelo, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Candelo, Bega Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Candelo Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Postal official |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 7 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Candelo Public School Roll of Honour, Sydney NSW Post Master General's Department Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4473, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4473, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4473, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 4473, 45th Infantry Battalion , Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4473 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Roy Ryan was the son of Francis John and Rebecca Ryan, of Candelo, New South Wales. He enlisted the same time as his older brother, Claude, in September 1915. They were given consecutive regimental numbers in the 1st Battalion and left Australia together in January 1916.
Roy’s bother, 4472 Lce. Cpl. Francis James Claude Ryan 53rd Battalion AIF was later killed in action on 11 March 1917, aged 25.
Roy was transferred to the 45th Battalion in Egypt and was killed in action during the Battle of Pozieres on 7 August 1915. There is no record of how he died and no known grave.
His death was reported several weeks later, in the Bega Standard, 9 September 1916.
“On Saturday afternoon quite a gloom was caste over Candelo and district when the sad news reached the Rev. N. Gardner that Roy Rvan had been killed in action between August 6 and 8. and to convey the sad news and sympathy of the King and Queen to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. F.J. Ryan, Candelo. The sad news spread far and wide quickly, as Roy was well-known and much liked while in the local post office prior to being removed to Milton, where he enlisted from last year. Roy's last letter said he was very happy and contented in France, and that Jack Newton and Bill Denny were in the same battalion and he saw them daily. Many telegrams of sympathy were received and a host of sympathising and sorrowing friends called on the bereaved parents as Roy was a credit to his parents and country, he said good-bye to his brother Claude in March last, as Claude was in hospital in Egypt and had not seen him since.”
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