Arthur Albert RYAN

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RYAN, Arthur Albert

Service Numbers:	134, 1931
Enlisted:	11 February 1902, Lytton, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Born:	Greenmount, Queensland, Australia., 4 May 1880
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Surveyor's Assistant
Died:	Coronary Failure, 5 May 1959, aged 79 years, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 134, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Sergeant, 1931, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
16 Nov 1900:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 470 notes promoted to Corporal on 16 Nov 1900.
11 Feb 1902:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1931, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Lytton, Brisbane, Qld.
19 Aug 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 1931, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 527 notes embarked 11 Jul 1902 from Durban aboard Drayton Grange arriving Brisbane 13 Aug 1902, disbanded 19 Aug 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Son of J.W. Ryan, Perth & Albert Streets, Toowoomba, Qld.

Arthur Albert Ryan served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private S.N. 134 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry and second as a Sergeant S.N. 1931 in the 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse. (sources AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 470 and 527; National Archives Australia Boer War Dossier S.N. 1931).

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