James Henry DALY

DALY, James Henry

    Service Number: 2234
    Enlisted: 9 April 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Specimen Hill State School, Bendigo, Victoria
    Occupation: Farm Hand
    Died: Killed in Action, Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915
    Cemetery: Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli, Türkiye
    Sp. Mem. 3. Inscription NON SIBI SED PATRIAE translated from Latin..... "not for self, but for country". , Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Johnston's Jolly Cemetery Memorial, Linton Old Lintonians Association Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    9 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2234, 7th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
    17 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 2234, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
    17 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 2234, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
    8 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2234, 7th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Pte James Henry Daly arrived on Gallipoli and joined his unit on 5 August 1915, only three days before he was killed in action during the Turkish counter attack to re-take Lone Line.

    Also commemorated on the Bendigo War Memorial, Vic.

    Brother: Matthew Edward Daly, 7th Btn, RTA.

    Uncle: John (Jack) Daly, 12th Btn, killed in action 6 July 1915, Gallipoli.

    Uncle: George Daly, 51st Btn, killed in action 3 September 1916, Mouquet Farm, France.

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