BRADY, Ernest Wood
| Service Number: | 2105 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Burra, South Australia,, 3 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Burra (SA), Goyder, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Died: | Hit by shell, SWs thigh, France., 3 March 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot VI, Row B, Grave No. 14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2105, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Oct 1915: | Involvement 2105, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Oct 1915: | Embarked 2105, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 3 Mar 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 2105, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2105 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-03-03 |
Biography
Born 03 October 1895 in Burra, SA
Son of Edward Foster Brady & Ellen Adelaide nee WOOD
Brady was born at Burra Burra, South Australia, in 3 October 1895 and was working as a locomotive fireman in Western Australia before enlisting in the AIF in June 1915. He had previously had military experience while serving in the Militia with 86 Infantry Regiment (The Western Australian Rifles). Brady embarked with the 4th reinforcements to 28 Battalion aboard HMAT Hororata on 1 October. He served with his unit until 3 March 1917, when he died of wounds received from shellfire at Warlencourt, on the Somme. He is buried at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension. Four of Brady's brothers also enlisted in the AIF, and one, 709 Trooper Edgar Vernon Brady of 10 Australian Light Horse Regiment, was killed in action at Gallipoli, in the charge at the Nek on 7 August 1915.
He is the half brother of Edgar Vernon Brady 709.
Submitted 2 April 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Edward Foster Brady and Ellen Adelaide Brady, of 116, Grosvenor Rd., North Perth, Western Australia. Native of South Australia.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Brady, 49 Good-street Perth, have been notified of the death of their son, Ernest Wood Brady, who left Western Australia as a sergeant in one of the battalions of the A.I.F. He served for some time in Egypt, as musketry drill instructor, and reached the rank of sergeant-major, but, not caring for that kind of work, he returned to the ranks and left for France in March, 1916. He received his first stripe almost at once, and was recommended for a second when he was wounded by a shell explosion, and became a patient in hospitals in France and England for some time. Returning to France towards the end of last year, he was attacked by pneumonia, and, recovering from that, in January this year, he again joined his battalion, and was promoted to corporal. He received wounds, causing his death, on the 3rd inst. This is the second of four sons to fall. The two sons at the front are Private Bert Brady machine gunner, and Sergeant Essington Brady, of the original 32nd, A.I.F. The eldest of the four brothers, E. V. Brady, fell at Gallipoli.
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