Ernest William O'Grady (1893 - 1918)

Born 27 Sep 1893 in Takapau, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Beatrice Violet Susanna (Frost) O'Grady — married 28 Dec 1915 (to 1 Oct 1918) in New Zealand

Died 1 Oct 1918 at age 25 in France

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Ernest O'Grady is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Biography

Ernest O'Grady Died of Wounds during World War I.

Ernest was born in 1893. He was the son of Mary and Patrick O'Grady ^[1] He married Beatrice Violet Susannah Frost in 1915 ^[2]. He passed away in 1918 age 26 ^[3].

E W O'grady , service number 63764 , served in the Army during World War 1. He was a Private in the Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion . A storeman in civilian life, he gave his next of kin as Mrs Violet Beatrice O'Grady (wife), of Franklyn Rise, Nelson, He embarked 21 Nov 1917 from Wellington, arriving 7 January 1918 to Liverpool, Merseyside aboard HMNZT 96 the vessel Maunganui . He was sent as Lance Corporal in the 32nd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He Died of wounds, 1 October 1918 in France, and is buried at the Grevillers British Cemetery, in Pas-de-Calais, France (Grave ref. XV. C. 22. ). His name appears on the Nelson Cenotaph, at Anzac Park, Nelson ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Birth registration 1893/16220
2. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Marriage registration 1915/6838
3. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Death registration 1918/56140
4. ↑ Online Cenotaph, Auckland War Memorial Museum

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Ernest William O'Grady, died 1918; service no. 63764.