'For conspicuous gallantry and ability in handling the battery under his command. On the afternoon of 8 August, this officer took over four guns of the 57th Bde RFA. Detachments were formed out of 4 NCOs, 22 gunners from the 2nd Battery N.Z.F.A. and 20 men from the 5th reinforcements who had landed at Anzac during the morning, the position was selected late in the afternoon and that night 2 guns were got into action and dug in at dawn. Fire was opened on Chunuk Bair but one gun was soon put out of action. Owing to the position being so exposed to shell and ammunition fire, it was changed during the night; two more were brought up and at dawn on 10 August the battery was ready to fire again which it did with great effect although subjected to a heavy crossfire from machine guns and a good deal of shell fire.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 14 January 1916

Regimental number	2/256
Address	Fort Cantley, Devonport
Marital status	Single
Next of kin	Father, Percy Edward Daniell, Foxton
Rank on embarkation	Captain
Enlistment status	Volunteer
Unit name	New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Final rank	Captain
Final unit	6th Howitzer Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
Fate	Killed in Action 4 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records	27
Place of burial	Flatiron Copse Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No 28), Mametz, France
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records	Parents: Percy Edward and Mary Daniell, 24 Ruhine Street, Palmerston North
Medals	Mentioned in Despatches 'In connection with the operations described in General I. Hamilton's despatch dated 11 December 1915.' Source: London Gazette Date: 28 January 1916 Military Cross 'For conspicuous gallantry and ability in handling the battery under his command. On the afternoon of 8 August, this officer took over four guns of the 57th Bde RFA. Detachments were formed out of 4 NCOs, 22 gunners from the 2nd Battery N.Z.F.A. and 20 men from the 5th reinforcements who had landed at Anzac during the morning, the position was selected late in the afternoon and that night 2 guns were got into action and dug in at dawn. Fire was opened on Chunuk Bair but one gun was soon put out of action. Owing to the position being so exposed to shell and ammunition fire, it was changed during the night; two more were brought up and at dawn on 10 August the battery was ready to fire again which it did with great effect although subjected to a heavy crossfire from machine guns and a good deal of shell fire.' Source: London Gazette Date: 14 January 1916
Other details	War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous details	Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Main Body