MCGRATH, Albert Ernest
| Service Number: | 2153 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 September 1915, 13th Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Salvage Company |
| Born: | Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 16 February 1894 |
| Home Town: | Narrabri, Narrabri, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 24 December 1943, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-57. 108. |
| Memorials: | Grenfell Weddin Public School Honour List, Narrabri District School WW1 Honour Roll and Drinking Fountain |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2153, 31st Infantry Battalion, 13th Infantry | |
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| 18 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 2153, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 2153, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 13 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2153, 5th Divisional Salvage Company, gassed severe | |
| 1 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2153, 5th Divisional Salvage Company, Temporary Cpl, 10/1/1919 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery, not forgotten.
79 years ago today, on the Sunday of the 26th December 1943, Temporary Corporal Albert Ernest McGrath, 5th Australian Division Salvage Company (Reg No-2153), labourer from Barwan Street, Narrabri, New South Wales and 18 Prince Street, Waratah, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 49. CATHOLIC 2-57. 108.
Born at Narrabri, New South Wales on the 16th February 1894 to Jeremiah and Margaret McGrath; husband? of Annie L L McGrath nee Muddle (married 1920, East Maitland, N.S.W., died 1964, Annie Lillian McGrath?, Belmont, N.S.W., Albert enlisted September 1915 with the 31st Battalion at Narrabri, N.S.W.
Albert's name now recorded on a list called Grenfell's Roll of Honor.
Wounded in action - 13.5.1918 (gassed, severe).
Invalided to England 21.5.1918.
Admitted to hospital 15.10.1918 (tonsillitis).
Albert returned home June 1919, being discharged on the 1st September 1919.
Mr. McGrath’s name has been inscribed on the Weddin Public School Honour List, Grenfell Great War Memorial, Narrabri District School 1914–1919 Roll of Honour and Drinking Fountains and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Albert’s Commonwealth War Graves headstone in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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