William DALY

Regimental number8/1965
Date of birth5 November 1889
Place of birthWellington
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Address63 Forth Street, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 9"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinFather, J Daly, Pelichet Bay, Dunedin
Enlistment date3 December 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 24 Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Discharge date25 December 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined Otago Infantry Regiment at Gallipoli, 9 August 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Maheno', 12 October 1915 (jaundice); admitted to NZ General Hospital, Abbassia, 16 November 1915; transferred to NZ Convalescent House, Gaba Pasha, 7 December 1915; rejoined unit, Moascar, 19 January 1916.

Embarked to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Wounded in action, 14 September 1916 (gun shot wound, wrist and left thigh), and admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance; transferred same day to No 2 Casualty Clearing Station; to 30th General Hospital, Calais, 14 July 1916; to England, 16 July 1916, and admitted same day to No 2 London General Hospital, Chelsea; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 2 August 1916; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 16 September 1916.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 10 October 1916; taken on strength, NZ Command Depot, Codford, 23 October 1916.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, 1 February 1917 mumps, slight); classified 'unfit' by Medical Board, and placed on NZ Roll, 2 July 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HT 'Ionic', 23 July 1917; found guilty of gambling, 30 July 1917: fined 1 day's pay; discharged, 25 December 1917 (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds sustained on Active Service).

Total war service: 2 years 316 days (of which 2 years 107 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Fifth Question: Have you ever been sentenced to imprisonment by the Civil power? 'Yes, 1911, Dunedin.'
Date of death3 August 1965 Dunedin
Age at death76
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805