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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Victor Leonard Marie Daniel |
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| Forename(s): |
Victor Leonard Marie |
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| Surname: |
Daniel |
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| Also Known As: |
- Len Daniel
- Victor Leonard Main
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
10/2575 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| Date of Birth: |
8 December 1896 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Religion: |
Roman Catholic |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs E.A. Daniel (mother), 5 Oxford Street, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
5 Oxford Street, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Physical Description: |
- Height: 5 foot 7 inches
- Eyes: Grey
- Hair: dark
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| Age on Enlistment: |
21 |
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| Military District: |
Wellington |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
6th Reinforcements |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Wellington Infantry Battalion |
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| Embarkation Date: |
14 August 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Willochra or Tofua |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
Vol1 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
173 |
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| Military Awards: |
- 1914-1915 Star
- British War Medal (1914-1920)
- ANZAC Commemorative Medallion
- Victory Medal
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| Wounds and Diseases: |
Shell shock |
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| Place of Death: |
Hastings,Hawke's Bay, New Zealand |
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| Date of Death: |
21 June 1980 |
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| Age at Death: |
91 |
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| Year of Death: |
1980 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Senility |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Mangaroa Cemetery, Mangaroa Road, Hastings, New Zealand |
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| Grave Reference: |
Block D plot 102 |
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| Obituary: |
Death notice: Evening Post 22 June 1980 |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Victor Daniel was the son of Emily Amelia Agnes Daniel nee Carruthers and the brother of Robert Joseph Elliott Daniel (10/2398).
- He trained as an Officer cadet in England.
- Family believe he was involved with intelligence and recount that he was an interpreter to General Lyautey, the French War Minister.
- Len and his brother Robert Joseph Elliott Daniel enlisted at the same time but Len (Victor) caught measles and left after his brother.
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| Postwar Occupation: |
Accountant |
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| Description of Image: |
- Portrait, postcard, Victor Leonard Daniel, (front) 24 October 1916, "Fondest love [?] your son Leonard".
- Portrait, postcard, unfranked, divided. Victor Leonard Daniel , (back) "Dearest Mum, So you will know me on my return, here am I to date 24-10-[19]16.
- Postcard, Dining Hall, Wadham College, Oxford (front) the X mark on the seat and table, middle lefthand indicates Daniel's seat for meals.
- Postcard, Dining Hall, Wadham College, Oxford Unfranked, divided. (back), Text: "fellows here are real decent chaps in particular I am making a friend of a Canadian of the name McDonald, originally from the Highlands of Scotland. One or two of English chaps seem all right, but terribly reserved, like the rest of the race here. So I am not overkeen in rushing the reserve. // On the other side is where we eat the wonderful things that are dealt out to us. The X shows where I sit, in case you wd like to know. The picture in front of me gets on my nerves. Its of an English Archbishop or schoolmaster or something // Love to all from Len. Unfranked, Divided.
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| Additional Information: |
- Known as Len Daniel
- Listed with typo errors as Victor Leonard Main with mother's inital as "F.A." in the nominal roll
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
- Military Service Record
- Marriage Certificate
- Cenotaph data entry form
- Hastings District Council Cemetery Search. URL: http://www.hdc.govt.nz/cem/cemetery_home.html
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