Studio portrait of 1708 Private (Pte) James Clyde McGrath, 5th Light Horse Regiment, of Cooroy, ...

P08215.001
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Accession Number P08215.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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Studio portrait of 1708 Private (Pte) James Clyde McGrath, 5th Light Horse Regiment, of Cooroy, Qld. A labourer prior to enlisting in August 1915, he embarked from Sydney with the 11th Reinforcements on board SS Hawkes Bay on 21 October 1915. Upon arrival in Egypt in March 1916, he was transferred to the 54th Artillery Battery. Gunner (Gnr) McGrath arrived in France on 30 June 1916. In July 1917 he became ill and was hospitalised several times over the following months. He rejoined his unit on the Western Front in September 1917 but was ill again between March and June 1918. Gnr McGrath was killed in action on 22 October 1918 near the village of St Martin, Proyart, France when a shell landed in his dug out. He was 20 years of age. Gnr McGrath was first cousin to 6205 Private Walter McGrath, 25th Battalion, who was killed in action on 3 October 1918.

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