ARNOLD, David Dalziel
| Service Number: | 23 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 11 June 1878 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 11 May 1934, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Tingalpa Christ Church Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 23, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 23, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 4 Jan 1902: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 23, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Battle of Onverwacht, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 493 notes dangerously wounded at Onverwacht 4 Jan 1902. | |
| 2 Jul 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 23, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 52, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Australasian arriving Brisbane 25 Jun 1902, discharged 2 Jul 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When David Dalziel Arnold enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs D. D. Arnold, "Wyvernleigh", Manly.
David Dalziel Arnold (Jnr) was born on 11 Jun 1878 in Queensland, a son to David Dalziel Arnold and Kathleen Arnold (nee Tracey). He was seriously wounded during his Boer War service and apparently suffered life long effects.
He is interred in the family gravesite at the Tingalpa Christ Church Cemetery (also known as Tingalpa Pioneers Chapel Cemetery). Arnpld family descendants have erected a memorial plaque at the gravesite commemorating their pioneering family in the district of Manly, Brisbane, as transcribed below-
In Memory of Manly's First Family
The Arnolds of Wyvernleigh
The Arnold family's 250 acre property, Wyvernleigh, then part of Tingalpa, was cleared and farmed, and later divided into residential blocks and sold as Manly Beach Estate in 1882.
The first white child born at Manly was Mary Arnold in 1880. The first recorded death was her grandfather, James Mathers Arnold, who was killed by a falling tree in 1884.
David & Kathleen Arnold and their six children lived on at Wyvernleigh until David's death 1900, while his brothers James and John moved to the Brisbane Valley.
David's son, David Dalziel (Dallie), fought in the Boer War and was dangerously wounded, never to fully recover. Manly streets named for the family were- Arnold, Ernest, Jane (now Benalla), Dallie (now Oceana), and Mary (now Stratton).
Arnolds interred in the grave are James Mathers (1812-1884) and his wife Jane Dalziel (1823-1865) their son David Dalziel (1844-1900) and his wife Kathleen (1849-1939) their son David Dalziel (1879-1934), & possibly, in 1872, their twin daughters Mary Matilda & Sarah Jane, aged 9 weeks. Ashes only- James Kenneth (1919-2001) son of James Arnold and his wife Eona May- nee Dall (1922-2002).
Erected by Arnold Family Descendants 27-10-2007.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 493; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 52; memorial plaque at favily grave site).
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