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Husband of Muriel Daly of Merilla, Goulburn, NSW.

Member of the Duke of Edinburgh 76 Lodge

Father of:-

Alan Joseph Daly who returned to Australia on 9 December 1918 having served with the 2nd Division Ammunition Column;

Arthur Charles Daly who returned to Australia on 16 January 1919  having served with the 36th Battalion;

Frank Daly who returned to Australia on 15 September 1918 having served with the 34th Battalion;

Hubert Aloysius Daly who was killed in action  4 August 1916 while serving with the 18th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial;

Percy Daly who returned to Australia on 16 June 1919 having served with the 5th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company;

Mark Daly who returned to Australiaon 16 June 1919 having serving with the  15th Battalion.

Medal. British War Medal

Augustine had been a member of the Goulburn Rifle Club for 25 years

Private A. Daly, whose name appeared in a recent casualty list, died from pneumonia on a transport while on his way to Egypt. He was a native of N.S.W., and had been in the Public Instruction Department for 27 years. When he enlisted he was teacher of Merrilla Public School. Private Daly, who was 52 years of ago was a member of the Goulburn Rifle Club  and a first-class shot.
One son was on the way to the front when his father died. Another is in camp at Liverpool. Private Daly leaves a widow and five children.

In last issue it was reported that Pvt. A. Daly, son of Mr. A. Daly, headmaster at Merilla Public School, had died from pneumonia on a transport while on his way to Egypt. It now  transpires that it was not the son, but the father, who died, the error being caused through the telegram that the relatives received from the Victoria Barracks acquainting them of the death. The telegram stated that Private A. Daly, No. 250, 1st Battalion, died on 2nd August on board transport 67, but it should have read Private A. Daly, 2501, 3rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcements, transport A67.
The late Private A. Daly, sen., was a native of this country, and had been in the Public Instruction Department for 27 years. He was 52 years of age, and went away as a sharpshooter, he being an excellent rifle shot and a member of the Goulburn Rifle Club. He was headmaster of the Merrilla School for eight years, and before that was,  for a  couple of years, in charge of the school at Lake Bathurst. He leaves a widow and five childres, living at Merrilla. Private Daly enlisted  in Sydney only last June. He suffered from gastritis before volunteering, and on the first day after returning to camp after a week's sick leave the late Private Daly fainted in the lines. The deceased soldier, besides the boy alreadly at the front, has another son, Private Hubert Daly, in camp at Liverpool. It was through him that the mistake was discovered. Mr. F. Daly, another son of deceased, has been appointed in his father's place at the school. Private Hubert Daly is expected home on his final leave before proceeding to the front.