Edward Dryen

Alias Abraham Dryen
Russian spelling Аврам Соломонович Друян
Born 3.03.1882
Place Pavlograd, Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine
Ethnic origin Jewish
Father Solomon (Samuel) Dryen
Mother Sonia Dryen (neé Krantz)
Family

Wife Eva Dryen (neé Bear) married 2.07.1914 at Broken Hill; Son Ronald Gordon b.1916 - served WWII in coastal artillery Sydney, Newcastle and Lae, daughter Betty b.1918; wife Lilly May Dryen (nee Bishard)

Arrived at Australia from Ukraine
on 10.8.1894
per Oldenburg
disembarked at Adelaide
Residence before enlistment Broken Hill, Sydney
Occupation Storekeeper
Naturalisation Thought he was naturalised on his father's application in 1903. Discovered during WWII that as he had turned 21 between his father's application and the grant of citizenship he remained an alien. Granted Australian citizenship in 1948.
Residence after the war Wagga Wagga, Gundagai, Manilla, Sydney
Died 27.02.1961 Sydney

Service #1 – Permanent Military Forces of the Commonwealth

Service number 490
Enlisted 28.08.1916
Place of enlistment Sydney
Unit Australian Instructional Corps
Rank Acting Staff Sergeant Major
Discharged 12.4.1917

Service #2 – WWII

Service number N278844
Enlisted 12.08.1941
Place of enlistment Recruiting depot E C, NSW
Unit Central OR Depot AAOC Sydney
Rank Private
Discharged 16.09.1944 MU

Materials

Naturalisation (NAA)

WWII service records (NAA)

Alien registration (NAA)

Family Tree on Ancestry.com

* Information for this page was kindly provided by Robyn Dryen

Blog article

Russian

English

From Falling stars: The story of Anzacs from Ukraine:

The pioneer of emigration [in south-eastern states] was Edward (Abram) Dryen, whose family lived in the Jewish farming colony of Veselaya in Katerynoslav Province. Landing in Adelaide in 1894, he soon moved to the rapidly growing mining town of Broken Hill, where he kept a shop.

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