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John McGrath

Name on Board J McGrath
Name on Service
Records
John  McGrath
Enlistment Age 28
Occupation Gardener
Place of Birth Dungarvan, Waterford, Ireland
Next of Kin Mrs J McGrath
Address Dungarvan, Waterford, Ireland
Marital Status S
Enlistment Date 9/07/1915
Service No. 1997
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 27/01/1916
Embarkation Ship HMAT Hymettus A1
Unit on Embarkation 8th Light Horse Regiment
Date of Death 30/12/1916
Unit on Death 11th Brigade Headquarters Field Artillery
Rank on Death Driver
Cause of Death KIA
Place of Wounding/
Death
France (No known grave)
Cemetery or Memorial Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Additional Information John McGrath's brother, Laurence McGrath, lived at The Presbytery , Cecil St, Williamstown, Vic
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