THE LATE CAPTAIN G.E DANIELL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1647, 7 December 1916, Page 3

THE LATE CAPTAIN G.E DANIELL.

deferring in Hic death of' the late Captain (I. E. Daniell, K.N.Z.A., Colonel Sykes, commander of the 2nd Brigade. N.Z,l‘\ A., writes from France lo (lie Into (Aa )>t ain DnnieJl’s parents, inter nlin: —“I nm very sorry lo luivo to (oil you that a very serious accident occurred iasl night (October 3rd) to flic* (i 1 h Battery. N.Z.F.A., which is commanded hy your son. A siioll prematurely hurst at the nnm/.le or in Iho horo of one of (ho guns, and sot alight to the cartridges in the gnu pit. The detachment. evacuated the pit, whoa it was discovered that (wo men were knocked out and still in the pit. Without ihe slightest hesitation, Captain Daniell, Lieut. Brookes, and four men went to the pit to extricate the men. Two men had got one wounded man out, when a detonation of (he shells in the pit and also of three surrounding pits occurred, which 1 very much regret to say, resulted in Captain Danicll, Lieut. Brookes, a sergeant and three men being instantaneously killed. 1 feel your, son’s loss very much personally, as he was a personal friend as well as a comrade. He was caplain of my second battery when leaving New Zealand with the Main Body, and was through the whole of Callipoli with me until he was promoted to the command of a battery. He was a good, keen soldier, ami did well. I had the pleasure of sending in Ids name when he was awarded (he Military Cross, and it may he some small consolation to you to know he died gallantly, taking great risks without the slightest hesitation, and dial: 'death was instantaneous. I, with his seeond in eommaud, twelve n.e.o’s., and as many men as could he spared, attended his funeral.’-