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MCGRATH, Francis Luke
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2610 |
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Enlisted: | 9 July 1916, Enlisted at Kalgoolie, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Uralla, Armadale, New South Wales, Australia, 1881 |
Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Private Tuition |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Ploegstreet, Messines, Belgium, France, 4 June 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Buried in a shell crater west-south-west of Warneton but grave was not marked, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
9 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2610, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kalgoolie, WA | |
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9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2610, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2610, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Peter and Mary Elizabeth McGrath; husband of Helena May McGrath of Edgar Street, Kalgoolie, WA later of 612 Hay Street, Jolimont, Subiaco, WA
Father of Winifred Christina McGrath, Mary Lilian McGrath, Ernest Alexander McGrath and Francis James McGrath
Medals; British War Medal, Victory Medal