Terrelle Street in the suburb of New Brighton, Christchurch

Terrelle St in New Brighton- Named after Terrelle, near Cassino in Italy. Private Patrick John Ryan (1923?-1944), a soldier in the New Zealand Infantry, was killed at Terrelle during World War II. He was a son of William Nicholas Ryan (1885?-1950), a contractor, and brother of Bernie and Jack Ryan, builders and developers. Named by Patrick’s mother, Mary Catherine Ryan (1892- 1978). First appears in street directories in 1960.Information supplied in 2005 by Jack Ryan in an interview with Margaret Harper. A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the naming of the street. I couldn’t find a birth record for Patrick and his details is on his parents gravestone at either Linwood or Bromley cemetery. There is also a war grave for him at the Cassino War Cemetery in Italy. The death notices and memorial notices all give his age as 21 when he died. This street is obviously no longer a street as it is in the red zone and I was in the area geocaching. It was almost impossible to walk here without getting wet feet. Many of the streets in this area are named by the Ryan family. Quake studies had at least two photos of this street and the houses looked like standard houses from the 1960s.