EGAN, Daniel
| Service Number: | 2982 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1916, Lismore, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cumnock, NSW, 1 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Nimbin, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 4 November 1947, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lismore Civil Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Nimbin District War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2982, 47th Infantry Battalion, Lismore, NSW | |
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| 27 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2982, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2982, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT A74 'Marathon' from Brisbane, Qld. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Joseph Egan, Nimbin, Richmond River, New South Wales
MR. DANIEL EGAN.
A former well known resident of the Nimbin district, Mr. Daniel Egan, 55, died in Brisbane on Tuesday night. He had gone there for medical attention. Mr. Egan was born at Cumnock, in the Western districts of N.S.W., but came to the Nimmn district as a boy, with his father, the late Joseph Egan. Mr. Egan, enlisted early in the first World War and saw service in France. He was wounded at Hammel and after wards invalided " home. After the war, Mr. Egan settled on the land at Nimbin, until a few years ago when he joined the Tick staff. He naa been stationed at Acacia Plateau and Baryulgil. He married in Lismore, Miss Eileen Kroll, a member of a Nimbin family. In addition to his widow, eight brothers and three sisters survive. The brothers are Messrs. Timothy (Darwin), John (Carrington, N.S.W.), Thomas (Killarney) , Michael (Cudgera Headland), Richard, Edward and Phillip (Lismore), and Frank Egan (Nimbin). Sisters are Mrs. J. Ruttley (Kyogle), Mrs. H. Ahrens (Muswellbrook), and Miss Mary Egail (Lismore). His funeral will leave St. Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore, to morrow after a service commencing at 11 a.m., for Lismore Cemetery.