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RYAN, Francis William
Personal Details
Service Number: | NGX501 |
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Enlisted: | 21 January 1942 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | New Guinea Volunteer Rifles |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 February 1900 |
Home Town: | Nundah, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | School teacher |
Died: | Died at sea (POW of Japan - Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 42 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul War Memorial - Panel 29, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, NGX501, New Guinea Volunteer Rifles | |
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21 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NGX501 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Son of Edward Thomas Ryan and Anne Martha (nee Housden) Ryan
Husband of Mavis Violet Ryan