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William Thomas McGRATH

Regimental number6055
Place of birthLawsons Creek, New South Wales
SchoolMudgee Public School, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarmer
AddressMount Frome, near Mudgee, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinBrother, D E McGrath, Mount Frome, near Mudgee, New South Wales
Enlistment date6 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
FateDied of wounds 22 September 1917
Place of death or woundingBroodseinde, Passchendaele, Belgium
Age at death35
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row F, Grave No. 19A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
33
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Anne MCGRATH. Native of Lawson's Creek, Mudgee, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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