LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Arthur Francis RYAN
Service No: 57954
Born: Collingwood VIC, 7 June 1901
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 June 1942
Discharged from the RAAF: 23 October 1944
Unit at Discharge: No. 5 Airfield Construction Squadron
Died: Illness, Victoria, 22 May 1946, Aged 44 Years
Cremated: Springvale Crematorium, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur A. Ryan and Ellen Mary Ryan; husband of Honora Kate Ryan, of Tangambalanga
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On October 1944, Corporal Ryan, a General Hand, was discharged from the RAAF in order to resume his civil occupation and he died on 22 May 1946.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 57954