James DAILEY

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Service Number:	NX144274
Enlisted:	24 May 1941, Barraba, New South Wales.
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	AMF Anti Aircraft units / Elements WW2
Born:	Barraba, New South Wales, Australia, 21 April 1919
Home Town:	Barraba, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Struck by Lightning, Northern Territory, Australia, 3 January 1944, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT Burial reference: - Plot F. Row D. Grave 13. Personal Inscription: - "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE GONE BUT NEVER SHALL BE FORGOTTEN".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barraba St Laurence's Anglican Church Memorial Window

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, NX144274
24 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX144274, Barraba, New South Wales.
21 Dec 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX144274, 110 Anti Tank / Tank Attack later 54 Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment
3 Jan 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, NX144274, AMF Anti Aircraft units / Elements WW2, Killed by lightning, Northern Territory, Australia.

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Gunner James Dailey NX144274 of AIF 54 Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery

Son of John Henry and Harriett Ann Dailey of Wood's Reef, NSW

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