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DALEY, Jeremiah Bernard
(Service number 7/1996)

Taiko Hall World War One plaque — Mounted inside the Taiko Hall, alongside a Second World War plaque. Photographed October 2014. (Courtesy of Clive Callow )

Taiko Hall (interior) — Showing the First and Second World War memorial plaques over the fireplace. (Courtesy of Clive Callow )

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Jeremiah DALEY (father), Tycho Flat, Timaru
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	9th Reinforcements Canterbury Mounted Rifles, C Squadron
Date	8 January 1916
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Admitted to Walton-on-Thames Hospital on 18 September 1916, wounded and shell shock. In late October, reported to be progressing favourably.

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	16 August 1957	Age	71 yrs
Place of Death	Ashburton
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 17 August 1957
Memorial or Cemetery	Methven Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Roman Catholic Area, Plot 151
New Zealand Memorials	Taiko Hall Memorial plaque

Biographical Notes

Jeremiah Bernard DALEY was the third son of Jeremiah and Margaret (nee MURPHY) DALEY, of Taiko.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [21 February 2014]; Timaru Herald, 27 October 1916, 27 October 1917 (Papers Past) [07 March 2014; 03 August 2014]; Timaru Herald, 17 August 1957 (Timaru District Library) [22 August 2014]; Methven Cemetery burial records (Ashburton District Council) [20 August 2014]; Headstone transcript Methven Cemetery (South Canterbury Branch NZSG Cemetery Records microfiche) [22 August 2014]

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