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James RYAN

Regimental number5437
Place of birthLaunceston Tasmania
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFitters labourer
Address71 Palmerston Street, Carlton, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinWife, Mrs Annie Ryan, 71 Palmerston Street, Carlton, Victoria
Enlistment date9 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 1 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll62nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row K, Grave No. 5A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
100
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Nicholas and Ethel RYAN; husband of Anne RYAN, 71 Palmerston Street, Carlton, Victoria. Native of Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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