MCGRATH, James
| Service Number: | 867 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Euroa, Victoria, Australia, 19 April 1889 |
| Home Town: | Wodonga, Wodonga, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Sunnyside, Omeo, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Exploding artillery shell, France, 14 November 1916, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Longueval Road Cemetery, France Plot: I, Grave 8 |
| Memorials: | Wodonga War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 867, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 867, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Transferred Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), 5th Field Company Engineers | |
| 3 Sep 1915: | Embarked Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), 5th Field Company Engineers, at Gallipoli from 13th September until 16th December 1915 | |
| 26 May 1916: | Transferred Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), 5th Pioneer Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born 19 April 1889 at Euroa, Victoria
Father and Mother Alice McGrath, Sydney, NSW.
First Cousin in service:
6555 William Keating
On enlisting James was 26 years of age; single;
19/1/1914 enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
1/5/1915 appointed to 'D' Company, 22nd Battalion A.I.F
10/5/1915 embarked from Port of Melbourne, onboard HMAT Ulysses
NEW Service number: 4510
13/5/1915 transferred to 'C' Company, 22nd Battalion A.I.F (at Sea)
10/6/1915 disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt for camp at Heliopolis
6/8/1915 transferred to 5th Field Company Engineers
3/9/1915 embarked onboard "Knight Templar" for Lemnos Island- Mudras
13/9/1915 embarked for ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli - landed same day
16/12/1915 evacuated to Lemnos Island (Mudras)
9/1/1916 disembarked "Manitou" at Alexandria for camp at Tel-el-Kebir Egypt
Feb 1916 re-assigned from 5th Field Company Engineers
to 8th Field Company Engineers
26/5/1916 transferred to 5th Australian Pioneer Battalion (5th Division A.I.F.)
19/6/1916 embarked onboard "Canada" at Alexandria, Egypt
25/6/1916 disembarked at Marseilles France
14/11/1916 Killed In Actionat Longueval, France
buried in: Longueval Cemetery France
His name is commemorated on Panel 175 at the Australian War Memorial,
Canberra, ACT.