DAYBELL, James Dolby
| Service Number: | 3831 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 March 1917, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Hill Farm, North Newark, England, April 1867 |
| Home Town: | Bowen, Whitsunday, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Magnus Grammar School, Newark |
| Occupation: | Selector |
| Died: | Natural causes (after a short illness), Bowen, Queensland, 18 September 1933 |
| Cemetery: |
Bowen General Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Harrisville Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3831, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 13 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3831, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jun 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3831, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 22 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3831, 4th Pioneer Battalion, M/U |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Enlisted for service in the A.I.F. aged approximately 50 years of age, (stated age 45)
"J. D. ("JIM") DAYBELL.
The death of James Dolby Daybell at the Kennedy Hospital at 12:30 on Wednesday, after a short painful illness at the age of 66 years, removes from our midst a familiar figure, who by his straightforwardness and honesly earned the highest esteem of all with whom he came in contact. The late Jim Daybell was born in 1867 at Hill Farm, Caddington, North Newark on Trent (Eng.) and was educated at the Newark Grammar School. He then entered the grocery trade at which he worked for some years, after which he decided to try his luck abroad and emigrated to Australia in the ill-fated ship, the Quetta, which was wrecked on her return journey to England on this trip. He arrived in this country 43 years ago. For many years, he followed different occupations in Queensland, timber-getting at Burleigh Heads, and working on cane farms at Geraldton and Proserpine.
He was a returned soldier, enlisting from Brisbane and served in the Great War in the 4th Pioneers regiment. Returning from the war to Bowen he took up a Soldier Settlement farm at Queens Beach and plied his calling as a fruiterer and green-grocer right up to the time of his illness, which unfortunately proved fatal. Jim was a likeable chap, honest and straightforward, and not afraid to express his opinion. He leaves a wife and grown up family who reside at North Harrisvllle... 3 sisters... in England and one sister in Bowen (Mrs. S. Anderson, Anderbelle), six nephews and nieces, also two brothers in the old country, Charles who resides at the old home, carrying on farming and grazing, the farm being now over 100 years old, and a younger brother Frank, who lives in retirement at Weston Super Mare.
The funeral left the Holy Trinity Church at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Rev. Palmer officiating at the grayeside, the funeral and burial being conducted with full military honours by his old comrades..." - from the Bowen Independent 20 Sep 1933 (nla.gov.au)
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