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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 84

British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. A. H. Daniel. A.I.F.), nearly extremely fine

Arthur Harvey Daniel was born on 7 November 1883 at Kensington, London and educated at Sherborne College and Oxford University. Having served two years with the Dorset Militia and a further two with the West Somerset Yeomanry, he emigrated with his wife to Australia, settling at 34 Victoria Parade, Manly.

Commissioned and posted to the 12/3rd Battalion, A.I.F., on 14 July 1915, Daniel embarked from Sydney aboard H.M.A.T. Medic on 30 December 1915 and saw service on the Western Front. On 23 July 1916 he had a close call, the events of which are noted in the proceedings of the Medical Board:

'A shell burst upon the parapet and he was buried, he lost consciousness, and was sent to a clearing station. He then suffered with very severe earache.'

Three days later Daniel was wounded and admitted to St John's Hospital, Etaples. His medical notes report a shell contusion to the side and corresponding shell shock which led to a return to England aboard the H.S. Brighton and admittance to the 4th London General Hospital, Denmark Hill. Returned to Belgium on 8 September 1916 and promoted Lieutenant, Daniel spent much of the remainder of the war in depot or on training courses. Upon the cessation of hostilities, Daniel pursued a course in mixed farming and stock breeding at Ringwood before returning home and likely resuming his career on the Railway Staff.

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