RYAN, Edward Bede
| Service Number: | 4290 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 4 September 1891 |
| Home Town: | Waratah West, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 5 April 1949, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-40. 13. |
| Memorials: | Hamilton St Mary's Marist Bros' School Newcastle Honour Roll, Newcastle Surf Club Life Saving Brigade Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4290, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4290, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4290, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4290, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW to left arm - mild | |
| 16 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4290, 13th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting peacefully at Sandgate Cemetery.
72 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 6th April 1949, Sergeant Edward Bede Ryan, 13th Battalion (Reg No-4290), clerk from Prince Street, Waratah, New South Wales and 46 Edith Street, Waratah, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 57. CATHOLIC 2-40. 13.
Born at Cooks Hill, New South Wales on the 4th September 1891 to Martin Frances E and Margaret (Margot) Jean Ryan; husband of Hildegarde Margaret Ryan nee O'Brien (married 1923, Waratah, N.S.W., died 1972), Edward enlisted August 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 14.8.1916 (GSW left arm, mild - Edward returned home June 1919, being discharged on the 4th August 1919.
Mr Ryan’s name has been inscribed on the Newcastle Surf Club & Life-Saving Brigade Honor Roll (photo, unveiled on the 14th July 1918, 194 names now inscribed, 24 Fallen) and the St. Mary's-Marist Bros' School (Newcastle) Honour Roll.
There is no indication inscribed on Edward’s headstone 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.
Lest We Forget.
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