DANIELL, John Moore
| Service Number: | 2612 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 15 July 1916, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley
John M. Daniell, only son of Mr. John Daniell, of Wycheproof, attended the Leongatha High School in 1913-14, and at the time of his enlistment had entered on his duties as junior teacher at Leongatha.
Resigning his post at that school, he enlisted at the age of seventeen, a fine youth of exceptional physique, 5 ft. 11 in. in height, and trained as an athlete.
Accepted on the 31st of July, 1915, he embarked with the 6th Reinforcements to the 23rd Battalion in October. While training at Tel-el-Kebir, in Egypt, he was transferred on the 23rd of February, 1916, to the 57th Battalion, with which unit he went to France. He was killed on the 15th of July, by the explosion of a shell, while attending to a fallen comrade.
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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