James O'GRADY

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Service Number:	1259
Enlisted:	1 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1896
Home Town:	Ultimo, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

1 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1259, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1259, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1259, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1259, 19th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the chest. Embarked for England on 19 May 1917 aboard HS St. Denis
9 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1259, 19th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed.
5 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1259, 19th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right arm
5 Nov 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1259, 19th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Annie Elizabeth O'Grady of Mews Street, Ultimo, NSW.

Granted leave between 24 May 1919 and 4 July 1919 to study shearing machinery with the Wasleys Shearing Machine Company of Birmingham, England.

Commenced return to Australia 22 August 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 13 October 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Last known address was in the suburb of Miranda, NSW on 1967