Today we are going to talk about the wonderfully named Sir Charles Snodgrass Ryan who was born on Killeen Station in Victoria on the 20th September 1853. He studied at the University of Melbourne and then completed his study at the University of Edinburgh (Australian medical degrees were not wholly awarded in Australia until well into the 20th century - in fact up until very recently, most Australian doctors would complete at least some of their training in the United Kingdom). He then undertook further postgraduate training as a surgeon in Italy and Austria.
Sir Ryan at the time of his enlistment (public domain image sourced from the Australian War Memorial Collection)
