Henry Thomas RYAN

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RYAN, Henry Thomas

Other Name:	Lang, Henry - Alias -WWI Service Record
Service Numbers:	9954, 6451, VX21832
Enlisted:	20 December 1915, Actual age on enlistment 14 years.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1 Corps of Signals
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 1 November 1901
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	North Adelaide Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Telephone Linesman
Died:	Killed in Action, Greece, 19 April 1941, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" ATHENS MEMORIAL GREECE - Face 11.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of St Peters Citizens Who Have Enlisted Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

20 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 9954, 10th Infantry Battalion, Actual age on enlistment 14 years.
17 Mar 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, 9954, 10th Infantry Battalion
3 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6451, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Aged 14 on enlistment. Enlisted under Alias Henry LANG.
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6451, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6451, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

World War 2 Service

4 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Caulfield, VIC
4 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX21832, 1 Corps of Signals
4 Jun 1940:	Involvement Signalman, VX21832

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Biography contributed by VWM Australia

Enlisted in WWI under alias LANG, Henry

Eliisted at 14 In Last War-Killed
Running away from home at the age of 14, Henry Thomas Ryan joined the A.I.F. in 1916, and served until 1918. He enlisted again last year, at 39. and left
in November for the Near East. Today his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Ryan. of College avenue, Prospect, were informed that he had beern killed in action on April 19.
He was educated at the North Adelaide Public School which he left in 1916 to go to Victoria. He wrote from Victoria to inform his parents that he had enlisted giving a wrong age.
He joined a Victorian unit as a signaller last year, and wrote several times to his parents after he reached the Near East.
He worked in many parts of Australia chiefly in engineering plants. Signaller Ryan's father served in the Light Horse in the last war. - News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), 3 June, p. 5.

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