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Martin Alexander Ryan

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Gravestone, Featherston Cemetery (photo kindly provided by Adele Pentony Graham) - No known copyright restrictions

Gravestone, Featherston Cemetery (photo kindly provided by Adele Pentony Graham) - No known copyrigh …

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Martin Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Ryan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 88653 AWMM
    • WWI N/N AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 May 1898 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1918 AWMM Waitahuna, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Martin Ryan (father), Waitahuna, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 88653 AWMM
    • WWI N/N AWMM
  • Military service
    12th Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 1918 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Engine driver/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 6.5 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      131 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Grey AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died from influenza and broncho pneumonia AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Private Martin Ryan was the son of Mr and Mrs M Ryan of Waitahuna, Otago, New Zealand

    Entered Camp September 1918

    Listed at Archives New Zealand as N/N AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    21 November 1918 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    FeatherstonWellington AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Featherston cemetery, Western Lake Road, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM Grave 13 B AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Featherston Cemetery Memorial, Featherston, New Zealand AWMM

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  • I'm very interested in the Ryan family history & Martin is the only uncle that I don't have a photo of.
    Public - Denis Lawrence - Other Relative - 2 June 2015
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02 June 2015Denis LawrenceCromwell, New ZealandOther Relative

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