Sydney Patrick DALY

DALY, Sydney Patrick

Service Number: S33531
Enlisted: 6 March 1941, Broken Hill, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Broken Hill, NSW, 14 November 1915
Home Town: Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Marist Brothers Broken Hill
Occupation: Jackaroo
Died: Heart Attack , Walkerville SA, 3 February 1987, aged 71 years
Cemetery: Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia
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World War 2 Service

6 Mar 1941: Involvement Private, S33531
6 Mar 1941: Enlisted Broken Hill, NSW
6 Mar 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S33531
19 Jul 1943: Discharged
19 Jul 1943: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S33531

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Biography

Sidney Patrick Daly was enlisted into the Australian Army on the 6th of March 1941.  He asked to be released so that he could join the Royal Australian Airforce and was refused.  He served in the Army in Australia until he was eventually posted to Adelaide where they allowed him on the 19th of July 1943 to be discharged from the Army and he subsequently enlisted in the Royal Australian Airforce on the 20th July 1943 as Aircraftsman No 431383.  His subsequent history is then continued under this number with the Royal Australian Air Force.

 

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