Jack Daniell was a 23 year old carpenter from Longreach, when he enlisted in May 1915... Initially assigned to reinforce the 9th Infantry Battalion, which at the time was severely depleted in their fight with the Turks on Gallipoli, Private Daniell joined his unit from Lemnos, one month before the Anzac forces were evacuated from the Peninsula. After the withdrawal, Private Daniell was transferred to the 49th Infantry Battalion, then to the 4th Pioneers, which embarked for France early in 1916...
Jack Daniell was a 23 year old carpenter from Longreach, when he enlisted in May 1915... Initially assigned to reinforce the 9th Infantry Battalion, which at the time was severely depleted in their fight with the Turks on Gallipoli, Private Daniell joined his unit from Lemnos, one month before the Anzac forces were evacuated from the Peninsula. After the withdrawal, Private Daniell was transferred to the 49th Infantry Battalion, then to the 4th Pioneers, which embarked for France early in 1916...
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement