DANAHER, Edmond Butterworth
| Service Number: | 477 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Essendon, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Boundary Road State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tinsmith |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No.2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey Sp Mem 20, No 2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kensington ANA Flemington Branch No69 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 477, 7th Infantry Battalion, Essendon, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 477, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 477, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 477, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
Edmund Butterworth Danaher
Private Danaher is my great Uncle. He was killed at Galipoli on 25 April, 1915 aged 19. He was part of the second wave of landings.
Submitted 20 April 2015 by Mike Danaher
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
477 Private Edmund Butterworth Danaher was a son of Mr. D. Danaher, of 30 Shields street, Flemington. He belonged to the 58th Essendon Rifles, under Lieutenant Colonel Elliott, and was one of the first to enlist. He was educated at the Boundary road State School, and was a member of the A.N.A., Flemington branch. He was in the employ of Messrs. Armstrong and Allen, tinsmiths, Rankin road, Kensington. He was only 20 years of age. He was a fine athlete, having been a good swimmer, amateur boxer and footballer.
Extract from a letter written by Colonel H.E. Elliott, CO of the 7th Battalion to a friend in Essendon dated February 1916,
“With regard to those you ask particulars of, viz., Private E. Danaher, Private Danaher was in one of the three leading boats on the day of the landing. He was not one of the oars men, and was consequently facing the enemy. He received a machine gun bullet in the face, just above the mouth. The bullet passed out of the back of his head, and he fell forward, dead without making a sound.”
LOVED BY ALL AT HOME SADLY MISSED. MOTHER DUTY NOBLY DONE
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