RYAN, John Andrew
| Service Number: | 2651 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1916, 2 years 14th infantry |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Mayfield West, New South Wales, Australia, 26 September 1949, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-181. 14. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2651, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2 years 14th infantry | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2651, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2651, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 9 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2651, 35th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, Shell shock | |
| 27 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2651, 35th Infantry 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.
72 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 28th September 1949, Private John Andrew Ryan, also known as Nugget, 35th Battalion (Reg No-2651), miner from 17 Islington Street, Islington, New South Wales and 6 Belgrave Street, Mayfield West, N.S.W., father of two (Marie and John), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 55. ANGLICAN 3-181. 14.
Born at Gympie, Queensland about 1894 to John Andrew and Catherine Ann Ryan of Mary Street, Islington, N.S.W.; husband of Linda Mary Ryan nee Sutton (married 1922, Raymond Terrace, N.S.W., died 1979, 30 years a widow), Nugget enlisted July 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 8.6.1917 (shell shock, Battle of Messines).
Admitted to hospital 26.6.1917 (colic), 7.8.1917 (nephritis, slight), 11.9.1918 (dysentery, severe).
Mr. Ryan’s name has not been inscribed on the Islington St. Mark's Anglican Church Roll of Honour or any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
John’s headstone gives us no indication of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance of his sacrifice for God, King and Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge 26.9.1949.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Older brother William (35th Battalion, Reg No-548, born 1892? died 11.8.1959, resting at Belmont Cemetery, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.
Lest We Forget.
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