Career
His books include:
Fremantle Prison: A brief history (1985)
John Forrest: Manitoba of legend (1986)
C.Y. O"Connor: The man for the time (1996)
ANZACS at Gallipoli (1997)
All the Bulletin"s men: Number. 2 Australian Independent Company (2/2nd Commando Squadron) (1997)
Bob Marshall: My Life and Times
Duty done / Colin Russell Leith as told to Cyril Ayris. Squadron-Leader Robert Milton Military Cross: the man who stayed behind: a biography as told to Cyril Ayris.
A question of duty: a biography as told to Cyril Ayris / Alan King.
Dave the brave / as told by Cyril Ayris (David Dicks)
Leeuwin Lighthouse - A Brief History (1996)
A Heritage ingrained: a history of Company-operative Bulk Handling Limited. 1933-2000 (1999)
Gulf to Gulf - The Long Walk: Jeff Johnson, as told to Cyril Ayris (2009).