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DALY, John
Service Number: | 613 |
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Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, Stawell, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 1872 |
Home Town: | Stawell, Northern Grampians, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 26 August 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 613, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 613, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 613, Stawell, Victoria | |
20 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 613, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 613, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
26 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 613, 21st Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 613 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Alford
"...613 Corporal John Daly, 21st Battalion. A labourer from Stawell, Vic prior to enlistment, Daly embarked as a Private from Melbourne with C Company on HMAT Ulysses on 8 May 1915. After originally being listed as missing in action, it was later determined that he was killed in action on 26 August 1916 at Pozieres, France, aged 44. He is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)