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DAILEY, James
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX144274 |
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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, Northern Territory 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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, NX144274 | |
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24 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX144274, Barraba, New South Wales. | |
21 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX144274, 110 Anti Tank / Tank Attack later 54 Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment | |
3 Jan 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, NX144274, AMF Anti Aircraft units / Elements WW2, Killed by lightning, Northern Territory, Australia. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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