MCGRATH, Alan Albert
Service Number: | N460936 |
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Enlisted: | 28 January 1942 |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 2nd/9th Field Regiment |
Born: | Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia, 28 March 1914 |
Home Town: | Drummoyne, Canada Bay, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Injuries (Truck accident), Australia, 14 February 1944, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales T A 5 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, N460936 |
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World War 1 Service
28 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, N460936, 2nd/9th Field Regiment, Millers Point, NSW |
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World War 2 Service
28 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N460936, 9 Field Regiment AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Two Soldiers Killed
By Truck
SYDNEY, Mon.— When a military truck skidded and over turned on Holdsworthy Road, a few miles from Liverpool, today, six soldiers were thrown to the ground. Two of them were killed and others injured. Those killed were Gunner James Walsh and Gunner Allan McGrath.
The injured were Sergt. Abbott, Lance Bombardier James, Lance Bombardier Walsh and Gunner Lawrence Elsworthy. The last-named received a probable fracture of the skull.