DAISLEY, William
| Service Number: | 4400 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 December 1915, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lanarkshire, Scotland., 3 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Thirroul, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wallyford, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bulli Roll of Honour, Thirroul War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4400, 17th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 9 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4400, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4400, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 4400, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4400 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 21 and the son of Matthew and Sarah Daisley, of "Glenesk," George St., Thirroul, New South Wales. He is remembered on the Crookston War Memorial on the southwestern edge of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
Crookston (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Cruic, Scots: Cruixtoun) is a residential suburb on the southwestern edge of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
Formerly a village in its own right, Crookston (Middle Scots: Crocis toune) and its surrounding lands and castle (Dùn Cruic in Scottish Gaelic), were named after the feudal Anglo-Norman lord, Robert Croc.
In the 1920s, Crookston, together with neighbouring Cardonald, Hillington and Halfway, was annexed by the expanding city of Glasgow. Crookston now lies just within Glasgow's present-day boundary with Ralston, Renfrewshire.
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