Alfred Percy DANIELS

Regimental number4779
Place of birthSt Helens, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressSt Helens, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 7"
Weight161 lbs
Next of kinFather, Mr C F H J Daniels, St Helens, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date25 August 1915
Place of enlistmentClaremont, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 18 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal RollAnzac Provost Corps
FateReturned to Australia 5 July 1916
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date8 February 1917
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1512 Pte Richard Henry DANIELS, 12th Bn, died of disease, 2 April 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt

Admitted to No 2 Stationary Hospital, 22 May 1916 (synovitis, left knee); transferred to Hospital Train, 24 May 1916, and admitted same day to No 3 Australian General Hospital, Abbassia.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Karoola', 5 July 1916; disembarked Melbourne, 1 July 1916 (internal derangement, left knee); discharged, 8 February 1917.

Medal: British War Medal
Date of death17 June 1971
SourcesNAA: B2455, DANIELS Alfred Percy