Francis Luke MCGRATH

MCGRATH, Francis Luke

Service Number: 2610
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)
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World War 1 Service

9 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2610, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kalgoolie, WA
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

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Biography 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