William Reginald MCGRATH

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MCGRATH, William Reginald

Service Number:	3557
Enlisted:	19 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	West Maitland, NSW, 1896
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 17 April 1918
Cemetery:	Aubigny British Cemetery B 21, Aubigny British Cemetery, Aubigny, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial

World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3557, 4th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
13 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3557, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3557, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney
17 Apr 1918:	Involvement Private, 3557, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3557 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-17

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Florence McGRATH
Of 4 Macauley Street, Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW

News has been received that William Reginald McGrath, son of Mr. and Mrs Jeremiah McGrath, of 152 Bridge-road, Glebe, Sydney, has been killed in action in France

Deceased went away from Sydney with the 4th Battalion (now 50th) about two years and eight months ago. He was a native of Maitland, 21 years of age, and his elder brother Leonard, of the 30th Battalion is now fighting in France. Both boys are grandsons of Mrs. William McGrath and Mrs. James Balcombe, of the Horseshoe Bend, West Maitland.

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