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Lance Corporal JOHN F. McGRATH

Service Number: 31714
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces

1st

Date of Death

Died 31 December 1941

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

12. C. 4.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of John F. and Margaret McGrath, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN WHO WAS KILLED AT BARDIA
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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