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 849 Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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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