DALY, John Cuthbert
(Service number 3/2699)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Sergeant |
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Birth
| Date | 31 May 1893 | Place of Birth | Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 26 July 1916 | Age | 23 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | Glenavon, Sarah Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Bank clerk | ||
| Previous Military Experience | No 6? MFA - serving | ||
| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Minnie MATHESON (aunt), care of C.P.O., Auckland | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 19th Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps | ||
| Date | 15 November 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Medical Corps | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Western European | ||
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| Service Medals | British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 18 June 1955 | Age | 62 years |
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| Place of Death | Auckland | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waikumete Crematorium, Auckland | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
John Cuthbert Daly was born on 31 May 1893 at Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, the son of John Joseph and Emily (née Potter) Daly. He was baptised on 6 December 1906 at St Peter’s, Liverpool, the family living at Mount Pleasant. In 1901 John was in Liverpool with his widowed mother and widowed maternal grandmother. John Joseph Daly may have died on 26 January 1894, aged 36 years, and been buried at St Austin’s Churchyard, Grassendale, Liverpool. By 1914 young John was in New Zealand, a bank clerk at Kurow. In fact, J. C. Daly was playing cricket for Kurow in January 1912. And in September 1914 he was receiving Kurow contributions towards te Belgian Relief Fund.
J. C. Daly, of Timaru, was one of the registrations at the Timaru Defence Office on 20 June 1916. South Canterbury’s quota for the Nineteenth Reinforcements left for camp on 26 July 1916. The South Canterbury military district was congratulated on being able to send forward a full quota – 104 men. A civic farewell took place – luncheon in Stafford Tea Rooms and speeches at the Drill Shed. Enlisting on 26 July 1916 at Awapuni, John Daly named an aunt as next-of-kin – Mrs Minnie Matheson, care of C.P.O., Auckland. Minnie was born Minnie Potter, a sister of John’s mother. She married Donald Matheson in 1893 in New Zealand. Donald was one of several Matheson brothers from Argyll, Scotland, who farmed in the Kurow district. He was then a bank clerk with the National Bank at Timaru, his address being Glanavon, Sarah Street, Timaru. Private J. C. Daly embarked with the New Zealand Medical Corps of the 19th Reinforcements, departing from Wellingto for Plymouth, England, on 15 November 1916. He disembarked at Devonport on 29 January 1917 and left Sling for France on 4 March 1917. John Cuthbert Daly took his discharge on 31 December 1919 in the UK. He received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal for his service.
John Cuthbert Daly was back in New Zealand in 1928, working as a secretary, his address being care of Auckland Infirmary. He married Freda Mary Frances Lawrence in 1933. He and Freda lived in Auckland. He died on 18 June 1955 at Auckland and was cremated at Waikumete. Fred lived on till 1987.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 July 2022]; 1901 England census return (ancestry.com.au) [31 May 2022]; Baptism record (ancestry.com.au) [31 July 2022]; Waikumete Crematorium record [31 July 2022]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [31 July 2022]; Oamaru Mail, 4 January 1912, North Otago Times, 3 September 1914, Timaru Herald, 21 June 1916, 25 July 1914 (Papers Past) [10 & 31 July 2022]
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