Charles Stewart Brady DFC was born in Toronto, Ontario (ON) in 1920 and enlisted in the RCAF on July 1^st, 1940. He received air crew instruction at various training schools in Canada and graduated on January 20, 1941.

He was flying as a Wireless Air Gunner with 236 Squadron (Coastal Command) in a Blenheim fighter bomber on October 24, 1941, when, after both engines failed, it crashed into the harbour of the tiny Irish fishing village of Schull in County Cork. Brady was interned as a prisoner of war in Ireland, but he escaped and completed a second tour of duty as a wireless air gunner with Bomber Command.

On one occasion during an attack on Bochum on October 9, 1944, Flight Lieutenant Brady's skillful and accurate work enabled the crew to evade enemy attack under harassing and dangerous circumstances. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) effective May 10, 1945. The citation referred to Brady's skill and cool courage while under attack.

After the end of WW 2, Brady became a sales executive living in Oakville ON.