John McGRATH

Regimental number14139
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinWife, Mrs K McGrath, GPO, Wellington
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 5th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company (Unattached)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 11 June 1917
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No 93), Bailleul, Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Catherine McGrath, Johnsonville, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 35

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