333:. At the battle of Gravitza he entered one of the redoubts captured by the Turks from the Russians, and on the Turks, in their turn, being expelled from this redoubt, Dr. Ryan was the last to leave it, which he did leading his horse, on which he had placed two Turkish soldiers whose legs were broken. In this plight he returned to Plevna, a distance of six miles, for the first two miles of which he was exposed to a very heavy fire. He next accompanied the expedition to Loftcha. On 18 October Ryan left Plevna for
329:, which he gained after marching for three successive days and nights, and was present at the first battle of that memorable conflict, being the only doctor on the field. He was in the Turkish ranks at the great action of 31 July. On 8 September his horse was shot under him, and his attendant killed by his side, while riding into one of the Turkish redoubts, which was about to be attacked by Russian general
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in June 1915 and was evacuated to Egypt and later to
England. From July 1916 he served in London as consulting surgeon, medical headquarters staff, AIF, and achieved a reputation for his toughness on medical boards. Ryan was appointed honorary surgeon-general, Australian Military Forces, in August
325:, although still suffering from a severe attack of dysentery. He reached that place in ten days, having nearly died from exhaustion on the road. While in Widdin he was present during nine bombardments. From Widdin he proceeded with Osman Pacha to
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as head of an ambulance. Here he remained four months in charge of a hospital. During this period the city was besieged by the
Russians for six weeks, and for four weeks Dr. Ryan was suffering from a severe attack of
346:, which disease carried off twenty-two out of thirty-six surgeons in Erzeroum, more than sixteen thousand Turkish soldiers dying from it and from dysentery. For his services during the war he received the
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As a colonel, Ryan was appointed principal medical officer, Victoria, in 1902; and honorary physician to the governor-general in 1904. At the outbreak of the
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1917 and returned to
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Ottoman military personnel of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
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Federal politician; and a daughter,
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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315:Serbian war
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547:Wikisource
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