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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
477639
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
November 7, 1887
Russell, New Zealand
Enlistment:
August 23, 1915
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
October 8, 1916
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Joseph Albert McGrath (ex-superintendent of N.Z. Police) and Mary Geraldine McGrath (nee Browne), of Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand.
Additional citations
Military Medal
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Charles Unsworth McGrath
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Unsworth McGrath
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Unsworth McGrath
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 126 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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