RYAN, Desmond Joseph
| Service Number: | 406797 |
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| 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 |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 406797 | |
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| 31 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 406797, No. 7 Aircraft Depot Tocumwal, Perth, WA |
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Add my storyBiography 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.
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