MCGRATH, William Joseph
| Service Number: | QX3293 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 May 1940, Maryborough, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balmain, New South Wales, 1 April 1908 |
| Home Town: | Gunalda, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Atebrin Poisining and acute Alcoholism, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 April 1944, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ 7 77 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tiaro Shire Honour Roll WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 28 May 1940: | Enlisted Private, QX3293, Maryborough, Queensland | |
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| 28 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX3293, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 May 1940: | Involvement Private, QX3293 | |
| 30 Apr 1944: | Involvement Private, QX3293, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion |
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Son of Thomas and Catherine McGrath; husband of Caroline McGrath, of Belmont.
CORONER CRITICAL
OF RED TAPE
BRISBANE.— "It seems to me that When the urgent needs of a soldier., con'tuci with official red tape, red tape comes first." This remark was made by the city Coroner: (Mr J. J. Leahy today at an Inquest into the death of a soldier who died in a military ambulnnce on April 30 as a result, police said, of taking too many atabrin tablets, which had been prescribed for him for malaria. The soldier, William Joseph McGrath, of the AIF had fought at Tobruk, El Alameln and Finschhafen.
His brother, Arthur McGrath, alleged In the court that there had been, unnecessary delay in getting medical attention for his brother on the part of military authorities. The ambulance passed a military hospital to reach the Exhibition grounds, from where he was returned to the same hospital. The whole journey took an hour. McGrath added that because of delay in arranging transport for pall bearers, relatives, had to sit in a funeral parlor with the coffin for half an hour.
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