Reginald Joseph Andrew RYAN

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.

 

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.