Toowoomba Soldiers' Memorial Hall WW1 Roll of Honour
Reginald Joseph Andrew RYAN
Photo: State Library of Queensland
Birthplace
Toowoomba
Resided
Miles
Occupation
Labourer
Enlisted
15-September-1917
Place
Toowoomba
Age
21
Status
Single
Service No
7859
Rank
Private
Unit
15th Battalion, 26th Reinforcements
Embarked
31-October-1917
Place
Sydney
Active Service
Western Front
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Killed in action
Date
04-July-1918
Place
France
Cemetery or Memorial
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, France
Notes
Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial.
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Reginald Ryan joined his unit in France in April 1918. Nine weeks later he was killed in action at Villers-Bretonneux on 4 July 1918. Born on Christmas Day 1895, he was 22.