David Arthur RYLES

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Service Number:	1989
Enlisted:	25 February 1916, Bathurst, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, March 1889
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Fort Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Brewery Cellarman
Died:	Killed In Action (Shell), Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium, 12 October 1917
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 53.H.9 Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

25 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1989, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Bathurst, NSW
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1989, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1989, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1989, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board HMAT A37 Barambah and arrived Plymouth, UK, on 25 August 1916.
23 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 34th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of 34 Battalion "A" Coy.
21 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1989, 34th Infantry Battalion, Departed Southampton - proceeded overseas to France
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 1989, 34th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, Killed in Action (Shell) while rendering first aid assistance. Buried near Hamburg House before exhumation and relocation to Tyne Cot
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 1989, 34th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1989 awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12

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