James Alphonse BRADY

BRADY, James Alphonse

    Service Number: 5340
    Enlisted: 7 March 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Galway, Ireland, 1882
    Home Town: Albany, Albany, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Killed In Action, Bullecourt, France, 11 April 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Albany & Districts Roll of Honor, Albany & Districts Roll of Honour, Albany St John's Anglican Church Great War Honour Roll, Albany St. Joseph's Honour Roll, Albany War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5340, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Blackboy Hill, WA
    17 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 5340, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
    17 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 5340, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle
    11 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5340, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Bullecourt (First)

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    5340 Private (Pte) James Alphonse Brady 16th Battalion, of Albany, WA, formerly of Galway, Ireland, was a carpenter prior to enlisting in March 1916.

    He embarked on board HMAT Aeneas (A60) on 17 April 1916. Pte Brady served in Belgium and France and was killed in action at Bullecourt, on 11 April 1917. He was 34 years of age.

    Source: AWM

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