BRADEY, Ralph Norman
| Service Number: | 6946 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 April 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mitcham, South Australia, 18 April 1897 |
| Home Town: | Mitcham, Mitcham, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mitcham Public School, Unley District High School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Postal Assistant |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 2 October 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department Great War Roll of Honor, Adelaide Postmaster General's Department WWI Honour Board , Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kingswood 'Mitcham Remembers' Memorial Walk, Mitcham Primary School, The South Australian National War Memorial, Unley High School Centenary WW1 Honour Roll, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6946, 10th Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 6946, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 6946, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide | |
| 2 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6946, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Died of wounds |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
6946 Private Ralph Norman Bradey 10th Battalion AIF was the son of William and Caroline Bradey, of Upper Mitcham, South Australia. His father passed away in 1920, so his mother received his medals and entitlements.
Ralph died of wounds in Belgium on the 2 October 1917. He was only just 20 years of age. He was buried but the grave was subsequently lost and he is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial Belgium.
His older brother, 4132 Private Alfred James Bradey 48th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Mouquet Farm, in France, 31 August 1916, aged 23. He too has no known grave.
Ralph joined the 10th Battalion at the front about five months before he was mortally wounded by shell fire on 2 October 1917. He died of his wounds the same day in the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, who reported that they buried Bradey on Bellewaarde Ridge.
Ralph Bradey’s death was reported in the Adelaide newspapers during late 1917. He had left the Mitcham State School and passed through the Unley High School from where he entered the Postal Department at Mitcham. He was afterwards transferred to the G.P.O., where he enlisted. He was reported as a useful member of the Boys' Club and a prominent player in basketball and football teams. He was said to be exceedingly popular and had many friends.
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