Arnold Edwin RYAN

Regimental number26179
Date of birth12 November 1890
Place of birthDannevirke
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26.7
Height5' 11"
Weight165 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Ryan, Weber via Dannevirke
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date30 May 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 11th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 64 Devon on 25 September 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Elizabeth Ryan, Weber, Napier
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 25 September 1916; admitted to ship's hospital at sea, 14 November 1916 (influenza, not severe); discharged from ship's hospital, 21 November 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 21 November 1916, and marched into Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 7 January 1917; joined 4th Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 7 February 1917, and posed to A Company.

Transferred to C Company. 7 February 1917.Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 4 May 1917 (inflamed middle ear); discharged to unit, 13 May 1917; rejoined unit, 16 May 1917.

Wounded in action, remained at duty, 22 June 1917.

Sent to hospital, sick, 18 July 1917 (no details recorded); rejoined unit, 18 July 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 25 August, 25 August 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 33
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20808943

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