Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: James Cue Ryan
Ancestor's date of birth: 06/07/1869
Ancestor's date of death: 21/10/1955
Cause of Death: Pneumonia Service Number: 417
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Sale, Gippsland Victoria
Unit: 4th Victorian Contingent
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 24/04/1900
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): TPR, Date Effective: 1915
Murray Page: 271, 323
Contingent: 4th Victorian Contingent
Ship: Victorian, Date of Sailing: 01/05/1900
Ship: St Andrew, Date of Sailing: 01/03/1902
Other Boer War Service: 1st Commonwealth Contingent
Memorial details: Details not provided
Decorations: Details not provided
Personal Characteristics: Journalist and keen soldier
Reasons to go and fight: Adventure
Details of service in war: Buffels Hoek. The Releif of Litchenberg.
Service and life after the Boer War: J. Ryan returned to Maffra and worked onboth the Maffra Spectator and the Walhala Chronicle. With the aspect of World War I in 1915 the age limit was increased J. Ryan gave his age as 43 years (actually 46 years) joined the 4th Light Horse where he served on Gallipoli then Egypt and Palestine and was in the regiment that was in the Charge of Beersheba. Amazingly after 3 wars (twice in the Boer War and once in WWI)He did not receive any injury other than dysentery.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Peter Winterbourne Kemp, Glen Waverley VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
