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Rank
Constable
Station
Cooktown Police Station
Date of Passing
23 March 1908
Plaque Location
Column
5 - Left leg
Side
Rear
Row
4
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Patrick Ryan drowned in the shipwreck of the ketch 'Port Stewart' during a cyclone. He was escorting an Aboriginal prisoner from Port Stewart (east of Coen) to Barambah Mission Station (renamed Cherbourg in 1931). Everyone on board downed and the wreck was subsequently located five to seven miles south of Port Stewart.