Leonard O'GRADY

O'GRADY, Leonard

    Service Number: 29473
    Enlisted: 8 February 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 4th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1889
    Home Town: Guildford, Swan, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Glendalough, Western Australia, 25 May 1978, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
    Roman Catholic, Section DB, Grave 0067
    Memorials: Guildford War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 29473, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, Enlisted at Perth, WA
    3 Oct 1916: Involvement Bombardier, 29473, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
    3 Oct 1916: Embarked Bombardier, 29473, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
    10 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Bombardier, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, In France
    31 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Bombardier, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
    4 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 29473, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Remained on duty
    31 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 29473, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Michael O'Grady and Marcella O'Grady nee Bodkin of James Street, Guildford, WA.

    Commenced return to Australia on 6 October 1919 aboard HT Pakeha disembarking on the 16 November 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal, Croix de Guerre

    Croix de Guerre recommended on 13 October 1918 Proclaimed in the London Gazette  on 5 April 1919, page 4527, position 34 and Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 July 1919, page 1171, position 12

     

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