Source: 18th Battalion Nominal Roll, April 1915.
Family Search: When Private Daniel Aloysieus McAleese was born on 15 October 1893, in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James McAleese, was 32 and his mother, Christina Marie Murrie, was 31. He married Margaret McCormick on 15 February 1919, in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. He immigrated to Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States in 1913 and lived in Detroit Ward 19, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Detroit Ward 21, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 21, his occupation is listed as labourer. He died on 14 February 1979, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Resurrection Cemetery, Charter Township of Clinton, Macomb, Michigan, United States.
Note that the spelling of his name on the Nominal Roll (1915) appears to be McAluce.
Private Daniel Aloysieus McAless, reg. no. 53363.
This man enlisted with the 18th Battalion on 27 October 1914, at Windsor, Ontario. He was a labourer with no prior military experience and practiced the Roman Catholic faith.
He, along with the rest of the 18th Battalion, trained in London, Ontario until leaving London on 12 April 1915, by train to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where they embarked on the SS Grampian on 17 April, arriving at Avonmouth, England on 29 April.
He trained in England until the Battalion embarked for “overseas” 15 September 1915 for Belgium.
He was a member of “B” Company, and served with the 18th Battalion he was wounded 10 April 1916 with a bullet wound to the right thigh.
He was sent to England for treatment and recuperation and on 25 April 1917, he embarked for France arriving at No. 1 Canadian Base Depot on the next day. From there he joined the 18th Battalion on 6 June 1917.
He came down with a pyrexia of unknown origin on 25 November 1917, and was sent to No. 4 Canadian Field Ambulance, then to 1 Canada Casualty Clearing Station. He was returned to service on 27 December 1917.
He was granted a 14 day’s leave to England, starting 31 December 1917.
Private McAleese returned from leave and served the rest of the war with the 18th Battalion and was granted permission to marry 6 February 1919.
He returned to Canada and was discharged due to demobilization on 24 May 1919.
Daniel McAleese 53363 – Lois Smith War, Memory, and Popular Culture Research Collection – Western University. Via Facebook.
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