DALE, John (John Harold)
| Service Number: | 247 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1914, Maryborough, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Tiaro, Queensland, 20 December 1895 |
| Home Town: | Tiaro, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Suicide (gunshot to head), Maryborough, Queensland, 10 November 1966, aged 70 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tiaro Cemetery, Qld Plot: 587 |
| Memorials: | Tiaro Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour, Tiaro War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 247, Maryborough, Queensland | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 247, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 247, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 16 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 247, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 2 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 247, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (head) | |
| 10 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 24 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 247, 5th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
The two enlisted children of John Dale and Marion Cochrane (née Murray) Dale of Tiaro, Queensland:-
2779 Pte. Jonathan Murray Dale (/explore/people/318339) - returned to Australia;
247 Pte. John Harold Dale - returned to Australia.
Information regarding the death of ex-serviceman John Harold Dale was obtained from his Repatriation File, Register No. M11856 (recordsearch.naa.gov.au) and the content from the Post-Mortem Examination Report.
'LETTER FROM THE FRONT.
Mr. John Dale, of Tiaro, has received a letter from his son (Jack), which contains the following: —
Mena House, Cairo, July 18.
Just a few lines to let you know that I am doing alright. I am now at Mena House, about twelve miles out of Cairo. I expect to be discharged from here in about a week, and then I am going back to Maadi to look after the horses. All the chaps that were looking after them have gone away to the front, and as the wounded are discharged from hospital they are sent back to look after horses; that is Light Horse men.
There is only about half of my regiment left at the Dardanelles. A few days after I left they attacked, and were cut up. There were something like two hundred casualties in the four hundred, and of course we have been losing an occasional one all along. Well, Dad, by the time this letter reaches you we'll be hearing of the fall of the Dardanelles. They expect to take it in about six weeks, before the cold weather sets in.' from Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser 28 Aug 1915 (nla.gov.au)
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