Lyndon Vivian Brady

Personal Information
Date of Birth	17 Dec 1895
Place of Birth	Albany, Western Australia
Death	12 Jan 1955
Place of Death	At sea aboard SS Charon
Age at Enlistment	20 years
Description	5'6" (1.68 m) tall; weight 131 lbs (59.4 kg); fair complexion, brown eyes, brown hair.
Occupation	civil engineer cadet
Religion	Church of England
Address	Jarrahdale, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Father Francis Lyndon Brady
Military Information
Reg Number	4227
Date of Enlistment	22 Feb 1916
Rank	Corporal
Unit/Formation	No 6 Tunneling Company
Date of Embarkation	1 Jun 1916 - 18 Jul 1916
Ship Embarked On	HMAT A69 Warilda
Date of Return	31 Mar 1919 - 24 May 1919
Ship Returned On	SS Khyber
Fate	Returned to Australia
Monument	Jarrahdale Honour Roll
Medals	British War Medal Victory Medal

Pre War

Had 2½ years experience with Engineers in the Militia. Was a pupil of the Jarrahdale Primary School where his father was a Mill Manager.

War Service

At Blackboy Hill Lyndon was initially allocated to general Engineering reinforcements, but with the establishment of the No 6 Tunneling Company, he was transferred to them on 29 Mar 1916. Five weeks later he was promoted Corporal. Travelled with 1110 other Tunnellers from around Australia. Arrived Durban, South Africa on 16 Jun and departed 18 Jun for Capetown, arriving there on 21 Jun 1916. Departed on 22 June for St Vincent where they arrived 7 July, departing 9 Jul for Plymouth, England where they arrived on 18 Jul 1916. Entrained in Plymouth on 19 July for Tidworth and arrived the same day.

Proceeded overseas to France on 28 Aug 1916, where two days later he was taken on strength of the 3rd Tunnelling Company. Attended a course at the First Army Mine School which ended on 14 Nov 1916 that examined skills including Listening.

On 15 Nov 1916 he reported to hospital, and a month later was embarked on HMHS St Andrew for England, suffering with Pyrexia N.Y.D. In the UK he was admitted to the 1st Eastern General Hospital in Cambridge. Released to the drafting depot at Perham Downs on 31 Mar 1917, on 4 Jun 1917 he returned to France.

However, on 13 Jun 1917 he was again invalided to England, and in Oct 1917 spent 3 weeks in hospital with Trench Fever. Lyndon returned to his unit several times but always required further hospitalisation until eventually being invalided home in Mar 1919 following a 6 week period in hospital with Gonorrhoea. In WA he was admitted to, and spent four weeks in the 8th Australian General Hospital in Fremantle with corneal infiltration of the right eye.

Discharged 18 Jun 1919.

Lyndon served as a Captain in the 2nd AIF during WW2 with Reg No WX33871.

Post War

Electoral Roll entries - 1925 Kelmscott, engineer. 1927 - 1955 worked for Malaysian railway company. In Oct 1937 he married Joan Good in Penang, Malaysia. Joan died in Nedlands on 26 Feb 1975, aged 73. In 1937 he was the Manager of the Hume Pipe Company in Penang.

External Links

• AIF Project
• RSL Memorial