Robert Joseph DANIEL

Regimental number10/2398
Date of birth18 July 1892
Place of birthWellington
Other trainingJournalist, 'Dominion', Wellington
OccupationJournalist
Address5 Oxford Street, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 7"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinFather, Robert Daniel, 5 Oxford Street, Wellington
Previous military serviceServed in 4th Field Ambulance, New Zealand Medical Corps; still serving at time of enlistment.
Enlistment date10 August 1914
Place of enlistmentWellington
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 20), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Emily Agnes Daniel, 5 Oxford Street, Wellington
Other details

War service: Samoa (15 August 1914-14 April 1915), Egypt, Gallipoli

Killed in action, 8 August 1915.

War service: 364 days (of which 300 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Samoan Adv and Fifth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20995172

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