DALY, Brian Frederick
| Service Number: | VX73222 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, 1 December 1924 |
| Home Town: | Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Stroke, 5 February 2003, aged 78 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bunyip Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX73222 | |
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| 8 Jul 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX73222 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by ROBYN BOURKE
Brian enlisted using an incorrect Date of Brith and his father William, a WW1 veteran, signed his enlistment papers. His true age at enlistment was 17years and six weeks old.
He did not speak a lot about what happened in the war to us (his family) and we all realised it was a trumatic experience for him. He was based in New Guinea and did tell us they had to walk across the country, through the jungle but not on the Kakoda track, and when they reached the other side they were told to turn around and walk back the same way. He also told us, when we were older, that at some stage he and his mate fell into a pit of dead women and children. This memory followed him for the rest of his life.
At the end of the war he threw his rifle overboard from the ship he was returning on.
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