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Driver Richard McGrath

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Driver Richard McGrath

Birth
Templearum, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Death
12 Dec 1917 (aged 33)
Belgium
Burial
Nieuwkerke, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
Plot II. Row D. Grave 7.
Memorial ID
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Service Number:--- 1903
Enlisted:---20 August 1915.
Place of enlistment ---Toowoomba, Queensland
Last Rank:--- Driver
Last Unit:--- 13th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:--- Templeorum Townland, County Kilkenny, Ireland.
Age on arrival in Australia---9 months.
Next of kin---Mother, Mrs Margaret McGrath, c/o Mrs Rooks, 'Coura', Hill Street, Toowoomba, Queensland.
Home Town:--- Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:--- Christian Brothers, School, Nudgee, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:--- Engine driver
Died:--- Killed in action, Belgium, 12 December 1917.
Cemetery:--- Westhof Farm Cemetery
Plot II, Row D, Grave 7 Personal Inscription HAVE MERCY UPON HIM LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM Buried by Rev. J. Moore CF, 13 December 1917
Parents--- Patrick and Margaret McGrath, of Raff St., Toowoomba, Queensland.
War service: ---Egypt, Western Front
Service Number:--- 1903
Enlisted:---20 August 1915.
Place of enlistment ---Toowoomba, Queensland
Last Rank:--- Driver
Last Unit:--- 13th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:--- Templeorum Townland, County Kilkenny, Ireland.
Age on arrival in Australia---9 months.
Next of kin---Mother, Mrs Margaret McGrath, c/o Mrs Rooks, 'Coura', Hill Street, Toowoomba, Queensland.
Home Town:--- Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:--- Christian Brothers, School, Nudgee, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:--- Engine driver
Died:--- Killed in action, Belgium, 12 December 1917.
Cemetery:--- Westhof Farm Cemetery
Plot II, Row D, Grave 7 Personal Inscription HAVE MERCY UPON HIM LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM Buried by Rev. J. Moore CF, 13 December 1917
Parents--- Patrick and Margaret McGrath, of Raff St., Toowoomba, Queensland.
War service: ---Egypt, Western Front

Inscription

"HAVE MERCY UPON HIM LORD AND
LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM"


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