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NSW Probate Duty Index Card - Bernard McGrath - 1939

Name: McGrath, Bernard
Address: Warrambucca, via Braidwood
Date of Death: 3 March 1939
Date of Grant: 16 October 1939
Administrator: appears to read "Grayson" (or a similar surname; the handwriting isn't perfectly clear)
Estate Value: £899
File Number: A 8941

The Date of Grant (16 October 1939) is the date the Supreme Court formally granted authority to Annie McGrath to administer Bernard's estate.

Since the card says "Administrator" rather than "Executor", it usually means one of the following:

Bernard died without a will (intestate), or
There was a will, but no executor was available or willing to act.

In those circumstances the Court grants Letters of Administration rather than Probate.