SCULLIN, Daniel
| Service Number: | 1996 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia, January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Battery hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 29 Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1996, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 18 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 1996, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 1996, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Daniel Scullin was a member of the Western Australia State Football Team in 1914. He was said by a mate to be a young clean shaven, powerfully built young man, a very good footballer. It was said he went to the aid of his brother Patrick when both were struck by another shell burst. It was said that Daniel was so badly blown up that no vestige of him was left but Patrick was taken back to a Dressing Station where he soon died and was buried in a cemetery near Polygon Wood.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
Brothers Pte Daniel Scullin and Pte Patrick Scullin were both were killed in action on 26 Sept. 1917 whilst serving with the 51st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (13th Brigade, 4th Division) during the Battle of Polygon Wood. Both brothers were killed at the same time according to a witness.
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