McGRATH, Francis Aloysius
(Service number 3/872)
| First Rank | Corporal | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 25/11/1892 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | North Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Law clerk | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | E. McGRATH (father), North Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 6th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | New Zealand Medical Corps | ||
| Date | 14 August 1915 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 17 August 1976 | Age | 83 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated Purewa, Auckland; ashes interred Purewa Cemetery, Auckland | ||
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Biographical Notes
Francis Aloysius McGrath was the son of Edward and Catherine (Kate, née Coughlan) McGrath, perhaps the youngest of the family. Edward, from Victoria, Australia, came to New Zealand at the age of 15 with his parents .After working for some years in Otago, and periodically visiting Australia to puchase horses, he married Kate Coughlann in 1874 on one of these visits. They lived briefly in Oamaru before settling in Timaru in 1876. In 1913 Frank was fined 20 shillings and costs for failing to render personal service under the Defence Act. a Timaru boy, writing to his parents in January 1916 from Egypt, mentions that he had met Frank McGrath and other Timaru boys. Frank married Annie Veronica Stickings in 1923.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [03 April 2018]; Timaru Herald, 17 October 1913, 1 March 1916, Press, 7 September 1933 (Papers Past) 02 & 03 April 2018]
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