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Augustine DALY

Regimental number2501
Place of birthMudgee, New South Wales
SchoolHargraves Public School, nr Mudgee, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressMerilla, via Goulburn, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation45
Height5' 9"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Muriel Daly, Merilla, Goulburn, New South Wales
Previous military serviceMember of Goulburn Rifle Club for 25 years.
Enlistment date11 June 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 14 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularNote age at death: understated age at enlistment.
FateDied of disease 2 August 1915
Age at death52
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsChatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
36
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Died of sickness at sea.
Family/military connectionsSons: 192 Corporal Alan Joseph DALY, 2nd Division Ammunition Column, returned to Australia, 9 December 1918; 3291 Pte Arthur Charles DALY, 36th Bn, returned to Australia, 16 January 1919; 3033 Pte Frank DALY, 34th Bn, returned to Australia, 15 September 1918; 2238 Pte Hubert Aloysius DALY, 18th Bn, killed in action, 4 August 1916; 2789 Sapper Percy DALY, 5th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, returned to Australia, 16 June 1919; 3281 Pte Mark DALY, 15th Bn, returned to Australia, 8 July 1919.
Other details

War service: died of pneumonia at sea en route to Egypt.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, DALY Augustine

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