Education
Daly graduated as top cadet and in 1934 was commissioned into the 4th Light Horse Regiment.
Daly graduated as top cadet and in 1934 was commissioned into the 4th Light Horse Regiment.
Born in Ballarat on 19 March 1913, Daly originally planned to become a doctor. However, having failed to gain entry into the university course of his choice, he joined the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1930. He went on to serve with the British Army on India"s North-West Frontier in 1938.
Second World War
Daly was appointed Adjutant of the 2/10th Battalion after enlisting in the Second Australian Imperial Force in 1939.
He served in North Africa as Brigade Major of the 18th Brigade, fighting at Tobruk and in the Western Desert. Daly attended staff school in Haifa.
He was then appointed Senior Staff Officer to the Militia"s 5th Division which saw service in New Guinea. Senior command
After the war, Daly"s military service continued with staff appointments and a period as an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley.
A posting to Duntroon followed and in June 1952 Daly took command of the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade – a formation comprising two British and two Australian battalions – then fighting in of Korea.
Daly was promoted to major general in 1959, and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the Queen"s Birthday Honours of 1965. Promoted to lieutenant general in 1966, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff and knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire the following year. Honours and