Lieutenant-Colonel Clarence Wells Didier Daly
| First year at Wesley | 1905 |
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| Personal information | One of Wesley's finest soldiers who is honoured by the Daly Window in Adamson Hall |
| Date enlisted | 14/08/1914 |
| Unit enlisted | 6th Battalion |
| Service details | Wounded at Gallipoli (first day at Lone Pine). He received three Mentions In Dispatches and a Distinguished Service Order was awarded in 1916. He was the Commanding Officer of 6th Battalion from 1916. A fatal shell wound at La Motte while on reconnaissance pending defence of area from German advance. |
| Date of death | 13/04/1918 - 27 years of age |
| Unit details | 6th Battalion |
| Cemetery/Memorial place | Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery - Plot 3, Row E Grave 24 |
Other references and additional information
- The AIF Project
- Discovering ANZACs
- RSL Virtual War Memorial
- Wesley College Chronicle - May 1915, p.26
- Wesley College Chronicle - May 1918, p.30
- Australian War Memorial
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