John Dalley (145 works by) (a.k.a. John Bede Dalley; John B. Dalley; J. B. Dalley; John Bede Polding Dalley )
Also writes as: John Polding ; First Check ; J. D. ; J. B. D.
Born: Established: 5 Oct 1876 Rose Bay ; Died: 6 Sep 1935 Avalon Beach
Gender: Male
Existing record listed year of birth as 1878; have altered date in accordance with ADB entry = 5 October 1876 at Rose Bay, NSW; OX also lists 1876; however, Miller lists 5 Oct 1878; requires further verification. AGT (4/2/2009) See also NAA service record - two different birth dates on two forms both dated 08/11/1915: one has 5 October 1882 (making him 33 years and 1 month) and the other has 5 October 1878 (making him 37 years and 1 month). Re date of death: likely to be 6 December 1935. The 'leave to swear death', the following year, (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2413870) gives the date of disappearance as 6 September. Dalley went missing on a Friday, which was the 6th. See, for instance, this contemporaneous report: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30105120 and http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17191136

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In 1907, John Dalley 'became a sub-editor on the Bulletin and was a leader-writer from 1911. He contributed short stories, articles and verse, and was a superb writer of paragraphs, capturing the apparent ease of composition, pungency and ironic flippancy that characterized the Bulletin's style'. During World War I, Dalley served in the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column (1915), the 9th Field Artillery Brigade and 1st to 8th Reinforcements (May 1916 - February 1917).

(Source of quotation: Australian Dictionary of Biography Online)

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