RYAN, Peter Joseph
| Service Number: | 3775 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Oilgate, County Wexford, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Rochester, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 1 October 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Tincourt New British Cemetery Plot V, Row F, Grave No. 34. , Tincourt New British Cemetery, Tincourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 3775, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Aug 1918: | Embarked Private, 3775, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
57th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 32 and the son of John and Cathrine McCarthy Ryan, of Killoughtemane Corries, Bagenalstown, County Carlow, Ireland. His mother also lived at Ballimell, Ireland.
Enlistment date 28 December 1917
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/74/5
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 28 February 1918
Age at embarkation 25.
War service: Western Front
He is remembered on the Carlow Great War Memorial which stands in Leighlinbridge Memorial Garden, Milford Street, Leighlinbridge, County Carlow. He is one of a number of Australian soldiers of the Great War honoured on this war memorial.
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