John DALY

DALY, John

    Service Number: 1405
    Enlisted: 30 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Chewton, Victoria, Australia, 1874
    Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
    Schooling: Chewton State School, Chewton Methodist Sunday School, Vic.
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Bomb wound to forehead, At sea on board HS Neuralia, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 July 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, buried at sea Chaplain C. Dobson officiated Panel 35, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    30 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1405, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    22 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1405, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
    22 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1405, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
    7 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1405, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    3 Jul 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1405, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, BW to forehead (Severe). Died of wound 6 July 1915 on board HS Neuralia.

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    John Daly is also remembered on the Chewton School Honour Roll and the Chewton Methodist Sunday School Honour Rolls, Vic.

    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Edward and Jane Anne Daly of Forest Street, Castlemaine, Victoria. Brother of W.H. Daly of Palmyra, WA and George Daly who was killed in action on 3 September 1916 while serving with the 51st Battalion and has no known grave. Name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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