James DAILEY

DAILEY, James

Service Number: NX144274
Enlisted: 24 May 1941, Barraba, New South Wales.
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: AMF Anti Aircraft units / Elements WW2
Born: Barraba, New South Wales, Australia, 21 April 1919
Home Town: Barraba, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station Hand
Died: Struck by Lightning, Northern Territory, Australia, 3 January 1944, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT
Burial reference: - Plot F. Row D. Grave 13. Personal Inscription: - "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE GONE BUT NEVER SHALL BE FORGOTTEN".
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barraba St Laurence's Anglican Church Memorial Window
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Gunner, NX144274
24 May 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX144274, Barraba, New South Wales.
21 Dec 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX144274, 110 Anti Tank / Tank Attack later 54 Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment
3 Jan 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, NX144274, AMF Anti Aircraft units / Elements WW2, Killed by lightning, Northern Territory, Australia.

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Gunner James Dailey NX144274 of AIF 54 Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery

Son of John Henry and Harriett Ann Dailey of Wood's Reef, NSW