RYAN, Rupert Sumner
| Service Number: | V159809 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, 6 May 1884 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Harrow School, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich |
| Occupation: | Soldier, grazier, politician |
| Died: | Berwick, Victoria, 25 August 1952, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 20 Nov 1939: | Enlisted V159809 | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement V159809 | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged V159809 |
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Excerpt from the Australian Dictionary of Biography
"Commissioned in the Royal Artillery on 21 December 1904, Ryan was serving in England with 'T' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, when World War I began. In December his unit joined the 7th Division on the Western Front. Ryan was transferred to divisional headquarters in April 1915 and wounded in the battle of Festubert in the following month. He served on the staffs of the XIII Corps (1915-16), Reserve (Fifth) Army (1916), Cavalry Corps (1916-17) and First Army (1917-20), rising from captain (October 1914) to brevet lieutenant colonel (June 1919). Six times mentioned in dispatches, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (1918) and three foreign honours."