Charles BRADY

Regimental number1085
Place of birthPenshurst, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressFlint Hill, Ararat, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinFather, Charles Brady, Flint Hill, Ararat, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Australian Light Horse, South African War.
Enlistment date12 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, E Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A24 Benalla on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 May 1915
Place of death or woundingCape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsHelles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
52
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Catherine BRADY, Koford Street, Ararat, Victoria. Native of Dunkeld, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 7027 Sapper Ernest Arther BRADY, 6th Field Company Engineers, returned to Australia, 1 July 1919; 177 Warrant Officer (Class II) John BRADY, 5th Bn, returned to Australia, 1 July 1919; 7028 Lance Sergeant Leslie William BRADY, 6th Field Company Engineers, returned to Australia, 4 June 1919; 7451 Pte Patrick BRADY, 14th Bn, killed in action, 19 September 1918; 1114 Lance Corporal Stanley BRADY, 8th Bn, returned to Australia, 20 October 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal