Desmond Joseph RYAN

RYAN, Desmond Joseph

Service Number: 406797
Enlisted: 31 March 1941, Perth, WA
Last Rank: Warrant Officer
Last Unit: No. 7 Aircraft Depot Tocumwal
Born: Coolgardie, Western Australia, 31 July 1915
Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Time Keeper Clerk
Died: Accidental (Ground Accident), Finley, New South Wales, Australia, Finley, New South Wales, Australia, 12 May 1945, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Tocumwal War Cemetery Cemetery
Plot B Row A Grave 1
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Show Relationships

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Warrant Officer, 406797
31 Mar 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 406797, No. 7 Aircraft Depot Tocumwal, Perth, WA

Help us honour Desmond Joseph Ryan's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Patrick John and Margaret Ryan, of West Leederville, Western Australia.

Warrant Officer Desmond Joseph Ryan 406797 RAAF from Number 7 Operational Training Unit was killed when he fell from a moving truck near Finlay, NSW

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Desmond Joseph Ryan was 25 years old and working as a Timekeeper Clerk in the gold mines of Kalgoorlie, WA when he enlisted in the RAAF on 24 October 1941.  Training as Air Crew and re-mustering to Air Gunner he served both in Australia and overseas before posting to 7 OTU at Tocumwal on 4 December 1944.

On the evening of 12 May 1914 while on leave and travelling in a civilian truck near Finley he fell from the vehicle.  A number of service personnel were travelling with him and immediately called for medical assistance however Warrant Officer Ryan died before help could arrive.

Read more...