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Daniel Henry HANLEY

Regimental number3331
Place of birthAdelaide South Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice May Hanley, 3 St Helen's PO, St Helen's, Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date26 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 26 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 2 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialLonguenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 35), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
59
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia. Headstone inscription reads: 'You have laid down your life my brave hero son/ Upon your noble brow shines the bright crown of glory you have won/ Sleep on beloved one, and take thy rest /They miss you most who love you best.'
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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