Joseph O'GRADY

O'GRADY, Joseph

    Service Number: 214
    Enlisted: 25 August 1914
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Limerick, Ireland, 1884
    Home Town: Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, February 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld
    ANZ 7 85 42
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    World War 1 Service

    25 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 214, 9th Infantry Battalion
    24 Sep 1914: Involvement Lance Corporal, 214, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
    24 Sep 1914: Embarked Lance Corporal, 214, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
    25 Apr 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 214, 9th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the left arm, later amputated.
    31 Oct 1915: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 214, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to amputation

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Also known as Joseph Condon but did not serve under that name

    Son of Martin Condon and Anne O'Grady nee O'Brien of Limerick, Ireland.

    Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1915 aboard HS Ballarat then transhipped to HT Euripides on 29 August 1915 disembarking at Melbourne on 31 October 1915 for onward travel to Brisbane 

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

    On 17 February 1921 Joseph married Ethel Alice Adelaide Dando in QLD. 

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