Norman Francis (Bluey) RYAN

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Service Number:	SX1981
Enlisted:	6 March 1940, Renmark, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia , 2 March 1918
Home Town:	Renmark North, Renmark Paringa, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness, New Guinea, 15 February 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 1. Row B. Grave 23. Inscription: "HIS WORK NOBLY DONE. DEARLY LOVED, SADLY MISSED BY MOTHER".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

6 Mar 1940:	Involvement Private, SX1981, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
6 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Renmark, SA
6 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX1981, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
15 Feb 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX1981, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Died in 2nd/9th Australian General Hospital, New Guinea. Cause of death diagnosed as scrub typhus.
Date unknown:	Involvement

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