| Accession Number | P05008.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Date made | 26 June 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Patrick Francis Ryan, 2nd Battalion, of ...
Description
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Patrick Francis Ryan, 2nd Battalion, of Smythesdale, Vic. A station hand prior to enlisting on 18 September 1914, he first served as a corporal (regimental number 212) with B Squadron, 6th Light Horse Regiment and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Suevic on 21 December 1914. On 5 March 1915 he was promoted to sergeant and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) on 14 January 1916 ‘for conspicuous gallantry during September 1915 in the trenches at Lone Pine (Dardanelles). When he was on one occasion for forty-eight hours continuously in charge of his Regiment bomb-throwers under heavy fire’. He was wounded in action on 26 June 1917 at Bullecourt. On 18 October 1917 he was commissioned as a Captain (Capt) with the 2nd Battalion. Capt Ryan returned to Australia on 18 October 1917. He re-enlisted on 19 February 1918 as a Private (Pte) and was assigned regimental number 53544 serving with the 3rd (NSW) Reinforcements. He embarked from Sydney aboard RMS Osterley on 8 May 1918. Pte Ryan was killed in action on 18 September 1918 in France whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, aged 35 years.