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SCANNELL, Daniel
(Service number 7/2311)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Driver

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mr J. SCANNELL (father), Kerrytown, Canterbury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	10th Reinforcements Canterbury Mounted Rifles, C Squadron
Date	4 March 1916
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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Discharge

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Death

Date	7 August 1955	Age	67 yrs
Place of Death	Temuka
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 8 August 1955
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 235, Plot 579
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of John & Mary SCANNELL. Married to Constance (d. 1978); five daughters & three sons. Brother Christopher Patrick SCANNELL also served in WWI. Returned home July 1919 by 'Marama'. Temuka RSA tribute at his funeral.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [28 July 2013]; TDC Headstone image Temuka Cemetery [21 August 2013]; NZ BDM historical records; Timaru Herald, 10 July 1919 (Papers Past) [17 September 2013]; Timaru Herald, 8 August 1955 (Timaru District Library) [23 April 2014]

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