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DAILY, Cecil Arthur
(Service number 28864)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	07/07/1893	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	(1) 28 June 1916; (2) 26 February 1917	Age	22 years; 23 years
Address at Enlistment	Temuka
Occupation	Carpenter
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Regiment - still serving
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Mary Jane DAILY (mother), 248 Manchester Street, Christchurch
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 8 inches. Weight 168 lbs. Chest measurement 34-38 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes brown. Hair dark. Very large goitre. Class 2.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation
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Transport
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

Date	21 July 1916	Reason	Medically unfit.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Builder

Death

Date	20 August 1972	Age	79 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Salisbury Park Crematorium
Memorial Reference	Garden No. 5
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Cecil Alfred Daily was born on 7 July 1893 at Temuka, the third son of John Joseph and Mary Jane (née Burton) Daily. He was educated at Temuka Primary School.

C. A Daily registered at Temuka in April 1916. He was a carpenter at Temuka when he enlisted on 28 June 1916 at Trentham, naming his mother as next-of-kin – Mrs Mary Jane Daily, 248 Manchester Street, Christchurch. Cecil was already serving with the 2nd South Canterbury Regiment. He was posted to J Company, 18th Reinforcements, then discharged on 21 July 1916, being medically unfit but good for short service. When his name was drawn in the ballot in February 1917, he enlisted on 26 February 1917 at Timaru.

Cecil married Nita Marie Burton in 1926. He died on 20 August 1972 at Timaru, aged 79. He was cremated at Salisbury Park Crematorium, his ashes interred there with those of Nita who had died in 1970.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [12 September 2021]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [12 September 2021]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [12 September 2021]; Salisbury Park record & plaque image ]12 September 2021]; Timaru Herald, 22 April 1916, 14 February 1917 (Papers Past) [12 September 2021]

External Links

Military personnel file

Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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