DALE, Joseph Henry
| Service Number: | 3313 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 September 1914, Townsville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | London, England, 1870 |
| Home Town: | Barringha, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Lengthsman |
| Died: | Natural causes, Windsor, Queensland, 30 November 1937 |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot 10, Row 78, Grave No. 53 |
| Memorials: | Townsville Railway Station Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3313, Townsville, Queensland | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 3313, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 3313, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Borda, Melbourne | |
| 26 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 3313, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 3313, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged due to being medically unfit (rheumatism) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
'RETURN OF GUNNER DALE.
Gunner J. H. Dale, of Barringha, who has been invalided from the Dardanelles is now visiting Charters Towers. While at the front he counteracted rheumatic fever and is also suffering from a strain to the heart. Gunner Dale met his wife and two little boys at the Townsville railway station on Friday morning last, it being over a year since he had last seen them. The returned soldier, before he came to Australia, had 12 years' service in the British Army and four years in the reserve. He had finished his term in the reserve before the present war broke out, and having relatives here, came out to Charters Towers where he worked for a time in the mines, and was also employed as a lengthsman on the Great Northern Railway, whilst Mrs Dale was gatekeeper at Barringha. A few weeks after the war commenced he volunteered at Townsville, and going away with the first contingent, was in the 7th Field Battery, which landed at Gallipoli on April 26.
As showing the nature of the country Gunner Dale stated that it took about 60 men and eight horses to drag an 18lb. quick-firing gun into the positions selected. He had nine weeks in the trenches before being invalided. Portion of that time, Gunner Dale stated, he was attached to the A.M.C. as stretcher-bearer. He saw a good deal of the Australians, especially the 9th battalion, and was proud of the boys he was fighting alongside. They might be equaled, but they could not be surpassed. Though an Imperial service man himself, Gunner Dale said he would not want to serve with better soldiers than the "kangaroos'' were proving themselves to be.
Gunner Dale walks somewhat feebly, and is still suffering from rheumatics. The most serious feature of his illness, however, is the heart strain which will prevent him taking on heavy work again. Gunner Doyle wears on his shoulder the red and blue, the distinguishing color of the artillery, the proud boast of that arm being that their colors "never run."
Gunner Dale was given a hearty welcome home at the Town Hall yesterday evening and his manly bearing and stirring speech made an excellent impression.' from The Northern Miner 14 Sep 1915 (nla.gov.au)
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