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Harry Gordon DANIEL

Regimental number2849
Place of birthCarlton, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressFairfield, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 8"
Weight120 lbs
Next of kinFather, H Daniel, 6 Victoria Street, Fairfield, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the 52nd Bn, Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date5 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on 15 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 16), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Harry and Jane DANIEL, 140 Bent Street, Northcote, Victoria. Native of Port Melbourne, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Admitted to No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 29 October 1915 (enteritis); discharged to duty, 9 November 1915.

Taken on strength of 8th Bn, Anzac, 7 December 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Transferred to 60th Bn, 22 February 1916; taken on strength of 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 24 February 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, 15 March 1916; taken on strength of 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916.

Admitted to No 15 Field Ambulance, Tel el Kebir, 21 March 1916 (ingrown toenails); transferred to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 24 March 1916 (phymosis); discharged and rejoined unit, 25 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note on B.103, 'presume buried in No Man's Land at approx 5J9043 to 5K0251 Sheet Hazebrouck 5a'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, DANIEL Harry Gordon

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