CAREY, Daniel
| Service Number: | 5556 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Salisbury, South Australia, 20 August 1886 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Flinders Street Public School, Adeliade, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Sutton Veny, France, 19 April 1917, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5556, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5556, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5556, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born: Daniel CAREY. 20/08/1886 in Salisbury, South Australia
Father: Patrick CAREY d. 06/01/1887.
Mother: Teresa OREILLY d. 12/11/1930.
(Source : South Australian Births 1842 - 1906 Book: 379 Page: 13 District: Ade.)
Sister: Ella Mary Jame CAREY, born 21/07/1884 in Salisbury, d. 06/11/1970
Both parents and sister are buried in Salisbury (Saint Augustine) Catholic Cemetery, South Terrace, Salisbury, South Australia
Lived at 24 Young Street, Kent town, South Australia
Worked as a Shop Assistant / Ironmonger
30/03/1916 enlisted into WWI at Rockhampton, Queensland
Described as 5' 8" tall, dark complexiion, brown eyes, black hair, Roman Catholic
07/09/1916 embarked from Brisbane onboard HMAT A46 Clan MacGillivray as a Private with the 26th Infantry Battalion
09/11/1916 disembarked into Plymouth, England
13/12/1916 embarked overseas to France onboard SS Victroia
14/12/1916 marched into Etaples, France
02/03/1917 wounded in action, gunshot wound to chest, admitted to dresing statioin
07/03/1917 discharged to duty
08/03/1917 rejoined 26th Battalion
19/04/1917 assisted engineers in cuting the German barb wire, shot in the legs and arm
19/04/1917 killed in action - body never found
Daniel's name is on the Villers Bretonneux War Memorial
and
Panel 107 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
and
his name is commemorated on his family grave at Salisbury (Saint Augustine) Catholic Cemetery, South Terrace, Salisbury, South Australia
Medals: British War Medal (47094); Victory Medal (46545); Memorial Plaque and Scroll (339744).
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan 21/07/2019. Lest we forget.
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