Daniel McAuley left Australia on the 21 October 1915, initially as part of the 11th reinforcement for the 9th Battalion.  He disembarked in Egypt in February 1916 and soon transferred from the 3rd Training Battalion to the 49th Battalion, AIF. He left Alexandria aboard the Arcadian and landed in Marseilles on the 12 June 1916.  Three months later on the 3 September he was WIA, sustaining injury to a finger on his left hand. He didn't rejoin his unit until the 25 October 1916.  Some of the delay before his return to duty was caused by his punishment for being drunk in Etaples on the 26 September, a 'crime' for which he was given 14 days Field punishment No 1. He was given a further 7 days Field Punishment No 2 for 'urinating on hessian' around latrines on 9 November.

He was WIA a second time on 5 April 1917, this time a 'mild' wound to his right side.  He was nevertheless eventually transferred by HS St Andrew to England, getting furlough only on the 7 June and with orders to report to the Training Depot,  Perham Down.  He then moved to the Overseas Training Brigade at Longbridge Deverill, onward to Southampton and to France.  He rejoined the 49 Bn on 21 February 1918.

He was wounded a third time, a severe face wound, on 25 April 1918, and for a time this impaired his ability to open his mouth.  He was moved to hospital in Rouen and then, by HS St David, to England.  He recovered and gained leave from 11 - 31 May, reporting eventually to No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott and being returned to France. 

He rejoined his unit on the 7 October but was taken ill to hospital on the 15.  He was diagnosed with Broncho-pneumonia and he died in No 41 Stationary Hospital, Port Remy.  He was initially buried in Dury Hospital Military Cemetery, Dury-les-Amiens by the Rev. J C Parker, the RC Chaplain, but his remains are now interred in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery.

R Urquhart