William Frank DAFF

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DAFF, William Frank

Service Number:	347
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Victorian Mounted Rifles
Born:	1875, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	14 September 1949, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Welshpool Public Cemetery Presbyterian Row A Grave 26
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Moorabbin Boer War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 347, 2nd Victorian Mounted Rifles

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

PRIVATE WILLIAM FRANK DAFF.
Private Daff, a member of the Second Contingent, was taken prisoner by the Boers early in the war. According to a cable message from Sir Alfred Milner to Mr Joshua Daff, of South Brighton (the father of the young soldier), he was released by the British troops on the occupation of Pretoria. Private Daff, who is a well-known and popular young fellow, is about 25 years of age, and by occupation a gardener.

After the war William was Crown Lands Bailiff

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