BRADY, William Haydon
| Service Number: | N318269 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Northbridge, New South Wales, Australia, 1 March 1923 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Warehouse Assistant |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7 September 2007, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N318269 | |
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| 3 Aug 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N318269 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
William was the second of five children of James Xavier Brady (b1883 in Cobbedah, NSW) and Dorothy Maud Emma Lounds (b1894 in Lincolnshire, England). James' first wife - Josephine Cornell (b1888 in Bega, NSW) died in 1914 and James relocated to Warwick, QLD where he worked as a Contractor before enlisting in the AIF in 1916 (Private; Service No:456). James and Dorothy married in 1917 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, where Dorothy was working as a Chemist's Cashier. The couple settled in Sydney, NSW where James worked as a Carpenter and Joiner.
William - blind in one eye - was working as a Warehouse Assistant in Sydney NSW when he enlisted in the ACMF in October 1941 (Private; Service No:N318269). He was attached to the NSW LoC Area Canteens when he was Discharged in August 1942.
William continued to live in Sydney, NSW where he worked as a Sorter and Assembler. He died in 2007.