Francis John O'GRADY

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Service Number:	1453
Enlisted:	2 February 1916, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Walcha, New South Wales, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Tingha, Guyra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Dudley, New South Wales, Australia, 12 September 1981, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Cremated. Loggia, 12/2, D/22
Memorials:

2 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1453, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1453, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1453, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
21 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1453, 33rd Infantry Battalion
25 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1453, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Patrick O'Grady and Sarah J. O'Grady of Tingha, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Themistocls disembarking on 10 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925c Francis married Agnes Callinan in Wallsend, NSW