O'GRADY, Victor Thomas
| Service Number: | 7531 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 September 1917, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fullarton Estate, South Australia, Australia, 15 June 1897 |
| Home Town: | Grange, City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Roseworthy College |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | Cerebral Spinal Fever, Isolation Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 14 February 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Stratford-Sub-Castle (St. Lawrence) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England 131 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Henley Beach Council Fallen WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Henley Beach Council WW1 Service Roll, Roseworthy Agricultural College Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Sep 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7531, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7531, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne |
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Son of Thomas Patrick and Violet Isabel O'Grady, of Sea View Rd., Grange, South Australia.
THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY
"...7531 Private Victor Thomas O'Grady, 10th Battalion, of Grange, SA. A civil servant prior to enlisting in August 1917, Pte O'Grady embarked from Melbourne, with the 25th Reinforcements on board HMAT Aeneas (A60) on 30 October 1917. He died of illness in England on 14 February 1918. Pte O'Grady was 20 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
O'GRADY.- On the 14th February, in England, Private Victor Thomas, beloved eldest son of Violet I. and the late Thomas P. O'Grady, Grange (meningitis)." - from the Adelaide Advertiser 21 Feb 1918 (nla.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 14th February … Victor Thomas O’Grady was born at Gladstone Street, Fullarton Estate, South Australia on 15th June, 1897 to parents Thomas Patrick and Violet Isabel O’Grady (nee Fraser).
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 3rd August, 1917 as a 20 year old Civil Servant from Roseworthy College, South Australia.
Private Victor Thomas O’Grady, Service number 7531, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Aeneas (A60) on 30th October, 1917 with the 10th Infantry Battalion, 25th Reinforcements & disembarked at Devonport, England on 27th December, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 27th December, 1917 Private O’Grady was marched in to 2nd Training Battalion at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire from Australia.
He was sent sick to Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 4th February, 1918 & was admitted the same day with Measles. Private O’Grady was admitted to Salisbury Isolation Hospital, Wiltshire on 13th February, 1918 from Sutton Veny.
Private Victor Thomas O’Grady died at 11.10 pm on 14th February, 1918 at Isolation Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England from Cerebro Spinal Fever.
He was buried in St Lawrence’s Churchyard, Stratford-sub-Castle, Wiltshire, England where 25 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/stratford-sub-castle.html
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