Private, 59th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action. Age: 19. Son of Harry and Jane Daniel, of 140, Bent St., Northcote, Victoria. Native of Port Melbourne, Victoria.
Regimental number 2849
Religion Church of England
Occupation Labourer
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 18
Next of kin Father, H Daniel, 6 Victoria Street, Fairfield, Victoria
Previous military service Served for 2 years in the 52nd Bn, Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date 5 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 8th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on 15 September 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 59th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 16), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 167, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
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'.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal