Standish de Courcy (Stan) O'GRADY

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Service Numbers:	6343, 6343A
Enlisted:	15 February 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Onslow, Western Australia, 11 July 1891
Home Town:	Claremont, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 4 November 1960, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Wesleyan, Section AA, Grave 0123
Memorials:	West Leederville Town Hall HB2

15 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 6343, Australian Army Service Corps AIF, Enlisted at Perth, WA
22 May 1915:	Involvement Driver, 6343, 6th Infantry Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
22 May 1915:	Embarked Driver, 6343, 6th Infantry Brigade Train, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
4 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 28th Infantry Battalion, From Australian Army Service Corps. Letter A added to his service number now 6343A.
3 Jun 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 6343A, 28th Infantry Battalion, Shell shock.
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6343A, 28th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the right arm later amputated
5 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6343A, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to amputation
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 6343, 28th Infantry Battalion

Son of Robert Dring O'Grady and Lucy Harrison O'Grady nee Cooper of Claremont Avenue, Claremont, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 February 1918 aboard HT Balmoral Castle disembarking on 19 March 1918.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1942c Standish married Constance Mary Riches in Perth, WA

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