O’GRADY, Ronald William

O’GRADY, Ronald William – A Southern Downs Veteran

CONFLICT : WWII
SERVICE NO : QX37727
RANK : Sergeant
UNIT : 2/10 Battalion
ENLISTMENT DATE : 18/07/1942
AGE : 25
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT : Gympie, Queensland
PLACE OF BIRTH : Warwick, Queensland
RELIGION : Roman Catholic
PRE-WAR OCCUPATION : Slaughterman
DATE OF DEATH : 23/01/1944
PLACE OF BURIAL : Lae, Papua New Guinea

MEMORIALS : Australian War Memorial

View this person’s Service File : O’GRADY, Ronald William

NOTES : Ronald died of wounds sustained at the battle for Shaggy Ridge in Papua New Guinea. His brother was Major Oswald (Ossie) James O’Grady QX6334. Ronald was the son of James Patrick and Rosina O’Grady (nee Cox).

He married Vonda Anderson on the 11 November 1942. Vonda and his young son were living at the Soldiers Settlement at Mt Gravatt at the time of his death. Prior to his full-time enlistment, he was a member of the 11th Light Horse Regiment at Cabarlah.

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