William John DANIELS

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DANIELS, William John

Service Number:	2588
Enlisted:	24 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Britton Ferry, Glamorganshire, South Wales, United Kingdom, 22 December 1877
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cellarman
Died:	Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 December 1961, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Plot: Wall 12, Section 14, Position 58
Memorials:	Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1

World War 1 Service

24 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2588, 26th Infantry Battalion
21 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2588, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2588, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane
1 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion
2 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion
10 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2588, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Wounded in action in France- G.S.w. right foot.
22 Feb 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2588, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked from England 22 Feb 1917 aboard Karoola for return to Australia due to G.S.W. right ankle.
11 Jun 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2588, 52nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

William John Daniels was born on 22 Dec 1877 at Britton Ferry, Glamorganshire, South Wales, a son to William Edward Daniels and Elizabeth Daniels (nee Rogers). He married Emily Isobel (Isabell) Graham on 19 Sep 1904 in Queensland and they had four children. He passed away at the Mount Olivet Hospital, Kangaroo Point, Queensland.

He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 291 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 2588 in the 26th Infantry Battallion transferring to the 52nd Infantry Battalion AIF, WW1. He was wounded in action on 1 Aug 1916 at Pozieres, France, suffering a gunshot wound to his right ankle. Due to his injury he was returned to Australia for discharge.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 48; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).

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