Ernest Joseph BRADY

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BRADY, Ernest Joseph

Service Number:	WX6898
Enlisted:	30 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/7th Field Ambulance
Born:	Greenough, Western Australia, 6 March 1916
Home Town:	Midland Junction, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	St James, Perth, Western Australia, 4 July 1993, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Midland Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

30 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX6898, 2nd/7th Field Ambulance
16 Apr 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX6898, 2nd/7th Field Ambulance, embarked Fremantle for Middle East per US10
19 Nov 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX6898, 2nd/7th Field Ambulance, embarked Townsville for Aitape per SS Bontekoe
6 Dec 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX6898, 2nd/7th Field Ambulance, embarked Wewak for Sydney per Vinder
18 Dec 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX6898, 2nd/7th Field Ambulance

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Ernest Joseph Brady (Service No:WX6898) enlisted in the Army on 30 July 1940 and served with 2nd/7th Field Ambulance in the Middle East (16 April 1941 - 28 March 1942), the Northern Territory - 60 Mile (10 June 1942) and New Guinea (19 November 1944 - 6 December 1945). Private Brady Discharged on 18 December 1945. Siblings Alfred, Neil and Bill, and wife Daphne Peters also served in WWII.

Born in 1916 in Greenough WA, Ernest was the third of twelve children of William George Brady (b1882 in Dongara, WA) and Hannah Maud Brandis (b1895 in Greenough, WA). William (a Labourer) and Hannah married in 1913 in Dongara, WA and lived in Greenough, where William was a Farm Hand before settling in Midland Junction in the 1920s. William worked as a Labourer and Fuel Man.

Ernest was working as a Labourer in Midland Junction in the 1930s and in 1943 in Midland Junction married Daphne Peters (b1919 in Geraldton, WA) - Daphne was serving in the AWAS. Ernest and Daphne settled in Midland Junction where Ernest worked as a Labourer before becoming a Railway Worker (Fitter's Assistant) with WAGR. Daphne died in 1968 and Ernest in 1993.

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