Patrick O'GRADY MM

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Service Number:	5893
Enlisted:	15 September 1915, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Ulmarra, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

15 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5893, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5893, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5893, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane
28 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5893, 25th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the thigh. Embarked for England on 1 November 1917 aboard HS St. Andrews
15 Aug 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads: During the attack against the enemy positions at Vauvillers, near Amiens, on the afternoon of the 9th August 1918, this man was acting as a stretcher bearer. He worked all day in the open under heavy machine gun and shell fire, bringing in wounded. Again on the morning of the 10th August, during another attack, he worked continuously under heavy machine gun fire, bringing in wounded, and would not cease until all the casualties, which were fairly heavy, were brought in. he volunteered for and went out with another man twice during daylight, almost up to enemy posts, to bring in two wounded men who had got ahead of the attack. He was fired at all the way, and had to crawl almost the whole time. Still the wounded were brought in. Commonwealth Gazette 61 on 23 May 1919
3 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5893, 25th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Patrick O'Grady and Mary O'Grady of Ulmarra, NSW.

Husband of Alice O'Grady of Ulmarra, Clarence River, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 6 November 1918 aboard HT Marathon disembarking on 1 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medal: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal