Regimental number | 6165 |
Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales |
School | St Francis Catholic School |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | 106 Abercrombie Street, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 32 |
Height | 5' 6" |
Weight | 138 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Bridget Ryan, 106 Abercrombie Street, Sydney, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Casula, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 23rd Battalion, 17th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/40/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 23rd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
Place of burial | Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot X, Row A, Grave No. 6), Fouilloy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 100 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Michael and Bridget RYAN |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 30 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, 10 January 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 25 April 1917; taken on strength, 23rd Bn, in the field, 2 May 1917. Found guilty, 4 June 1917, of being absent without leave from 9 am till 10 pm, 2 June 1917: awarded 168 hours' Field Punishment No 2. Admitted to 7th Australian Field Ambulance, 27 June 1917 (pyrexia, unknown origin); transferred to 56th Casualty Clearing Station, 1 July 1917 (trench fever); to Ambulance Train No 2, 7 July 1917, and admitted to 55th General Hospital, Boulogne; transferred to 11th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 24 July 1917; to No 2 Convalescent Depot, 26 July 1917; to No 11 Convalescent Depot, Buchy, 3 August 1917; to 2nd Australian Division Base Depot, Havre, 22 September 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 4 October 1917. Admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance, 1 December 1917 (eye examination); discharged to duty, and rejoined Bn, 5 December 1917. On leave to England, 4 March 1918; rejoined Bn from leave, 21 March 1918. Killed in action, 4 July 1918. Statement, Red Cross File No 2390304L, 18 Lance Corporal J. FITZPATRICK, 23rd Bn (patient, 3rd Southern General hospital, Oxford, England), 19 August 1919: 'I belong to the Pioneers, and I helped to carry out Pte. D. Ryan (23.A.) after he had been killed outright by a shell on July 4 at Villers-Bretonneux. I took him away the next day and he was buried in the military cemetery at Blangy-Tronville.' Second statement, 6085 Pte W. GRAHAM, 23rd Bn (patient, 11th Stationary hospital, Rouen), 21 August 1918: 'He was killed at Villers Bretonneux in an attack which we and the Americans made. I did not see him killed but helped to bury him. He was carrying ammunition behind the front line and was hit by a piece of shell on the head and killed at once.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, RYAN Denis
Red Cross File No 2390304L |