Joseph Michael RYAN

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RYAN, Joseph Michael

Service Number:	6545
Enlisted:	2 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia, October 1897
Home Town:	Trangie, Narromine, New South Wales
Schooling:	Canbelago Convent School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, France, 11 September 1918
Cemetery:	Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 15.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

2 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6545, 4th Infantry Battalion
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6545, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6545, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Joseph Michael Ryan was the son of John Dwyer and Mary Ryan, of Trangie, New South Wales. They lost two sons to the war, Joseph’s older brother, 2216 Pte. Richard Ryan 54th Battalion AIF, having died of wounds on 8 March 1917, aged 32.

The father, John Dwyer Ryan was an Irishman who had come to Australia as a lad. Like many others, he became seized with the gold fever, and followed mining pursuits for many years at Cobar, Carcoar and Canbelego. In about 1917 he came to reside at Trangie, NSW. When he died in 1926 part of his obituary stated “The loss of two of his sons, Michael and Richard, who made the Supreme Sacrifice during the war, affected the old gentleman very much, and the loss of these brave boys was a great shock to him.”

Joseph was wounded by shrapnel in the shoulder during October 1917. He returned to his unit in late 1917 and was given two weeks leave in the UK during March 1918. Apart from the leave he was with the 4th Battalion right through 1918 until he was killed in action near Roisel in France on 11 September 1918.

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