BRADY, Samuel
| Service Number: | 2101 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Thames, Waikato, New Zealand, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Dungog, Dungog, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Publican |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2101, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2101, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2101, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Samuel Brady was on of the 155 men of the 6th reinforcements to the 4th Battalion embarked from Sydney on 16 June 1915. They stopped at Fremantle on the way and they disembarked in Egypt on the 21st July and only two weeks later the bulk of them landed the at Anzac to reinforce the 4th Battalion. No time for training.
They landed at Gallipoli on the 4 August 1915.
Samuel Brady was terribly wounded in the head during the Battle of Lone Pine and died of wounds in the 3rd Field Ambulance on the 7 August 1915.
The Sydney Morning Herald 20 December 1915
PRIVATE SAMUEL BRADY. Private Brady, who was reported to have died of wounds on August 7, was, previous to enlisting for active service, proprietor of the Bank Hotel at Dungog. He left Australia with the 4th Battalion. Private Brady was a native of New Zealand and 41 years of age.
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