Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Officers and Staff of the 29 Headquarters Battalion, France, May 1917.  Lieutenant Henry Campbell

Brady is standing in the row second from the front, and second from the right.

  Sgt Horace Simpson  of Flemington, Sergeant H S Ruff of Ascot Vale, and Sergeant H A Gray 

of Moonee Ponds are also in this portrait.

Brady H C    2nd Lt        Henry Campbell           29 Inf Bn    23    Bank clerk    Single    R C        

Address:    Essendon, Daisy St, 23    

Next of Kin:    Brady, Henry Augustine, father, 23 Daisy St, Essendon

Enlisted:    27 Jul 1915        

Embarked:     A7 Medic 16 Dec 1916

Relatives on Active Service:

Brady P L Pte 21 brother

GEELONG MILITARY CAMP. (1917, February 1). Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918), p. 17. Retrieved November 23, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130057461.  Lieutenant Brady is pictured

in the front row, far left.

At DEVRES on 29th December 1917, Lieut BRADY WAS superintending live bombing practice.  Snow was on the ground, and men waiting for their turn to throw got very cold in the hands. As a result of this, men on three occasions, after extracting the safety pin dropped their grenades in the trench from which they were throwing.  On each occasion Lieut BRADY coolly picked the grenades up and, with only a couple of seconds to spare threw them out of the trench.  By his quick action and coolness he undoubtedly saved several lives.

Recommended by Lt Col CO 29th Battalion
Recommended for Albert Medal [not awarded]
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1068243--4-.PDF

A group of 29 Inf Battalion NCOs line up in the snow to have their photograph taken at Desvres on

29 December 1917.  On this same day, Lt Brady was supervising grenade practice in the snow. AWM EO1622.

Officers of the 29 Infantry Battalion have their photo taken at Desvres on 29 December 1917.

  Brady would be included in this photo, and may be the tall officer standing near the centre of the

second row from the front.  AWM E04509.

War Service Commemorated

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