Samuel O'GRADY

Samuel O'GRADY Update Details

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Service Numbers:	5129, 5129A
Enlisted:	20 November 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kingstown, Jamaica, 1888
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 19 March 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12, Section 13
Memorials:

20 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5129, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 5129, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 5129, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
7 Jun 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5129, 26th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left arm. Embarked for England on 9 June 1916 aboard HS St. Andrew
17 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, From 26th Battalion
18 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5129A, 49th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding. Letter A had been added when taken on strength by the 49th Battalion

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Next of kin given as his brother Joseph O'Grady of Green Shadows Hotel, Kingstown, Jamaica.

Commenced return to Australia on 18 October 1917 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 10 December 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal