LOCK, Daniel
| Service Number: | 192 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 16 February 1885 |
| Home Town: | Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Fettler (trackworker) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 27 August 1915, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Tamworth ANZAC Park Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 192, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 192, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mr. Daniel and Mrs. C. LOCK, West Tamworth, New South Wales
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Daniel LOCK (Service Number 192) was born on 16th February 1885 at Tamworth. From 4th March 1912 he worked as a labourer in the Northern Division of the Permanent Way Branch of the NSW Government Railways. In 1912 he was a fettler on the Moree to Inverell Line, then in 1913 at Manilla, and in 1914 at Narragundi and Tamworth. It was from this last location that Lock was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 2nd October 1914.
In fact, he had already enlisted at Rosehill a week before. He declared his ‘trade or calling’ as ‘Railway Fettler’, stated that he had served for two years in the Militia Force of NSW at Tamworth, and nominated his mother, Catherine Lock, of Calala Flat West Tamworth as his next of kin. He was allocated to the 13th Australian Infantry Battalion. He embarked on HMAT ‘Ulysses’ in Melbourne on 22nd December 1914.
He was disciplined with seven days Field Punishment No. 2, in September 1914, whilst still in Australia, for ‘Refusing to obey an order' He repeated the offence on Gallipoli on 23rd July 1915 with exactly the same result.
He was killed in action on 27th August 1915, presumably at the Battle of Lone Pine. This early in the war, people in Australia expected detailed descriptions of the circumstance of the death of their loved one. Mgda(sic) Grayston of the Tamworth and District Soldiers’ Information Bureau wrote to the Defence Department on behalf of Lock’s parents, hoping her ‘official’ approach would be more productive. It could not be so as there was little information to be had. She wrote:
‘I am quite certain myself it is a very difficult matter, but in deference to their wishes I am communicating with you, knowing full well you are doing your best on every occasion, to give relatives the best information available.’
Mrs Grayston was correct. The military authorities couldn’t even locate Lock’s body and he has no known grave and is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial high above Anzac Cove
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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