Gerald J. Ryan
Gerald John Ryan was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League.
Family
The second son of George Ryan, and Bridget Ryan, née Carberry, Gerald Ryan was born at Horsham, Victoria on 24 May 1887.Military service
He enlisted in the First AIF in September 1914, and served overseas with the 14th Battalion.Death
He died from a fractured skull; an injury he sustained from a fall on ice, whilst walking near the Tidworth Military Hospitalin Wiltshire, England, where he was convalescing from wounds he had received in action in France.He was buried with full military honours at Tidworth Camp Military Cemetery.