Cecil Augustine RYAN

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RYAN, Cecil Augustine

Service Number:	36
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 17 October 1882
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 1 September 1903, aged 20 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland Plot: RC1-012-0036
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 36
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 36, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901.
23 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 36, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

NOK Mrs. J.W. RYAN, Toowoomba, Qld.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Cecil Augustine Ryan enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. J. W. Ryan, Toowoomba. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 55, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. E. Ryan, Perth and Albert Sts, Toowoomba.

Cecil Augustine Ryan was born Lancelot Cecil Ryan (also known variously as Cecil A. Ryan, Cecil Ryan, Cyril A. Ryan) on 17 Oct 1882 in Queensland, a son to John William Ryan and Eliza Ann Ryan (nee Shaw).

Funeral Notice - Darling Downs Gazette, 3 Sep 1903, p. 1

The friends of Mr. JOHN WILLIAM RYAN are respectively invited to attend the Funeral of his deceased Son (Cecil), which will move from his residence, Perth and Albert streets, Range, THIS DAY, at 2 p.m.

ROSENSTENGEL & KLEIMEYER

Undertakers and Embalmers

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 510; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 1; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 55).

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