MCGRATH, Robert
| Service Number: | 439 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
| Born: | Grenfell, NSW, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Grenfell, Weddin, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Orange Base Hospital, Orange, NSW, 12 March 1943, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 439, 5th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Mr. Robert McGrath, a Boer War veteran, died in the Orange Base Hospital on Friday night last, aged 64 years. He was a native of Grenfell, and for many years had conducted a property here, but for several years past was managing his property at Ungarie and Condobolin. His wife predeceased him by several months, Mr. McGrath leaves four in his family, viz., Harold (Condobolin), Albert (Sydney), Frank (A.I.B) and Alice (Land Army). Brothers and sisters are Mrs. Dempsey (Grenfell), George (Adamstown), Albert (Orange), Archie (Orange), Charles (Sydney), Mrs. Newhouse (Sydney), John (Orange), Mrs. Simpson (Sydney).