Family background
More research required. A John Francis Brady was born on the 4 June 1878 at Sydney, NSW, the son of John Brady and his wife Mary. He married Eileen Susan Kavanagh (1887-1924) on October 1913 at Balmain, NSW, and they had one son and four daughters. Brady died in Lewisham Private Hospital on 13 May 1927, aged 48 years; he was buried in the Catholic Mortuary at Rookwood Cemetery. He left a Will and his estate and assets were assessed at £9,341.
John Francis Brady lived at 190 Lawrence Street, Alexandria.
Community activity
Brady was a member of the A H C Guild. He was involved in the labor movement and took an anti-conscription during World War 1.
Local government service
John Brady was an alderman on Alexandria Council 1917-20 representing the South Ward.
References
‘A.H.C. GUILD’, Freeman’s Journal, 5 July 1917, p. 19, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116733199
‘The Councils’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 July 1917, p. 8. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15744589
‘Camouflage’, Evening News, 20 February 1919, p. 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114274891
‘Widows with families’, Evening News, 6 March 1919, p. 6, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120839517
‘Advertising’, The Australian Worker, 24 April 1919, p. 18, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145778133
‘Noxious trades’, Evening News, 11 December 1919: 12, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115877588
‘Obituary’, The Daily Telegraph, 18 May 1927, p. 27, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245751176