Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Hobart, Tasmania |
Address | Melbourne, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Mrs W J Daly, Mangarra Road, Can Terbury, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Captain |
Unit name | 6th Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/23/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant-Colonel |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Distinguished Service Order 'Consistent good work & devotion to duty. Conspicuous at Pozieres.' Recommendation date: Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 29890 (2 January 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103 (29 June 1917). Mention in Despatches 'Conspicuous services as C.O. during period February-September 1917 and excellent leadership.' Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448 (28 December 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 (18 April 1918). Recommendation date: Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 30704 (25 May 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 165 (24 October 1918). Recommendation date: |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Stated to be Clarence Wells Daly on NR |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 24), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 46 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William Disney John Eyre and Florence Eleonore DALEY, "Quitchambo", Mangarra Road, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia. Native of Hobart, Tasmania |
Medals |
Distinguished Service Order Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103 Date: |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Medals: Distinguished Service Order, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |