RYNG, George Columbus
| Service Number: | 1222 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 October 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Drummoyne, Canada Bay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1222, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1222, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1222, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1222, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1222, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Battle of Messines, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1222 awm_unit: 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-06-08 |
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Submitted by Madeleine Gross 15 Feb 2017
It is nearly 100 years since my grandmother's favourite brother died and I thought it was time that a descendant updated what few details of his life were known.
George (known as "Col" in his family) was the second youngest child of seven children born in 1893 to James and Susannah Ryng. James was a stone mason and at Col's birth they lived at 5 Ernest Street Hunters Hill, a house James built. The house still stands in 2017.
James died when Col was 8 years old and his mother died whilst Col was still a teenager.
Col joined the army when he was 21 and served at Gallipoli where he was wounded. After 66 days in hospital and despite contracting Rheumatic fever he was posted to Egypt, Rouen and Marseilles and finally Belgium where he was killed at age 24 on the 8 June 1917.
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