CONWAY, Daniel
| Service Number: | 4999 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 1890 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Comedian |
| Died: | 27 July 1938, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 4999, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 4999, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by B Stanleu
Mr. and Mrs. R. Barr, of 109 Mary street, are still very much interested in this terrible war. They have al- ready lost two sons, Privates Colin and David Barr, who were both killed at Pozieres, and a third son, Private Edward, has been wounded. Their latest addition to the ranks is their son-in-law, Daniel (David) Conway (better known throughout Australia as Con Carroll, a very successful vaudeville comedian). He is the husband of Alice Barr (Alice Fane) and leaves his wife and child to do his bit for home and Empire. Con Carroll, as writer and a heap of fellows all over Australia and New Zealand know him, is an entertainer of no small ability and originality, and boys in camp tell that he is already a big favorite. It was Carroll who, besides pleasing with many good items himself, stimulated Hugh Cairns, Clarence O'Neil and Bert Rae to join him in the perform ance of a remarkable item, the Maori war song, at the jockeys' enter tainment to H. Treen, rider of the winner of the G.N. Steeplechase. Car roll is a most unassuming young man and will carry the good wishes of an army of friends. His brother, 'Tom Carroll, who enlisted at last Moonee Valley races, went into camp with him
1917 'UNDER THE UNION JACK', Richmond Guardian (Vic. : 1884 - 1887; 1894 - 1897; 1900 - 1936), 1 September, p. 3. , viewed 09 Sep 2025, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93814051
CONWAY (Con Carroll).— On July 27, at St.
Vincent's Hospital, Daniel R. Conway, late
29th Batt., A.I.F., dearly loved son of the
late James and Julia Conway, loving
nephew of Mr. and Mrs. O'Donoghue, Mr.
and Mrs. D. Carroll, Mrs. E. Carroll, loved
cousin of Tom Carroll. R.I.P.
1938 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 29 July, p. 8. , viewed 10 Sep 2025, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12452314