DWYER, Daniel Christopher
| Service Number: | 5346 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 June 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Farrier Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Manchester, England, 21 December 1888 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farrier |
| Died: | Natural causes (heart disease), Townsville, Queensland, 10 January 1968, aged 79 years |
| Cemetery: |
Townsville (Belgian Gardens) Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | East Brisbane War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5346, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 27 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 5346, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 5346, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 21 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Battle for Pozières , GSW (thigh and forearm) | |
| 20 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Farrier Corporal, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 6 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 5 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 5346, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Dan Dwyer was a 26-year-old farrier/blacksmith when he enlisted on 07 Jun 1915
Some years after his safe return from the Great War, on 01 Jan 1923, Dan joined the Queensland Prison Service as a warder. He rose through the ranks, and was for quite some time the Cheif Warder at Stewart's Creek. Dan was promoted to the Superintendency of Stewart's Creek Prison, Townsville on 07 Aug 1941, aged 52. Dan served at Stewart's Creek (later renamed Stuart) in Townsville throughout the heady WW2 years in the garrison city of Townsville.
Dan Dwyer remained as Superintendent until his transfer back to Boggo Road on 29 May 1947. Dan Dwyer had to retire at the end of 1953 having reached the age limit of 65 years.
Dan returned to Townsville where his two daughters still lived. They were Annie Catherine Dwyer, a Catholic Nun, and Eileen Mary Bisley (nee Dwyer). Their mother Esther Dwyer (nee Marshall) had died when the girls were teenagers, on 02 Sep 1939. Dan's second wife Sarah Ann Dwyer (nee Katterns), died on 15 Jan 1969, a year after Dan died of heart disease in the Townsville General Hospital on 10 Jan 1968 aged 79.
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