William James DRADY

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Service Number:	1910
Enlisted:	22 February 1916, Bathurst, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Carcoar, New South Wales, 13 November 1895
Home Town:	Lyndhurst, Blayney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Lyndhurst, New South Wales, 25 December 1973, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Lyndhurst & District Memorial Hall

22 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Bathurst, New South Wales
22 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1910, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
22 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1910, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Warilda, Sydney

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William James Drady, Born Carcoar to David and Mary Drady, Grazier of Tea Tree Springs, Lyndhurst, NSW

Departed Sydney: 22/5/1916, HMAT "Warilda" A69.

While with the 45th, William was hospitalised through illness,

On the 25/10/1917, he was attached to the Aust Army Veterinary Hospital.

William R.T.A - 9/2/1919.

William married: 3/1/1923, Bathurst, NSW to Ruby Gordon.

2 x sons: Raymond and Lyndsay, both served WW2 - RAAF.

William died: 25/12/1973, Lyndhurst, NSW.