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Pte. John Daniels
British Army No 4 Veterinary Hospital Army Veterinary Corps
from:East Ilsley, Berkshire
John Daniels was attested at Woolwich on 11th August 1915 in the AVC and posted to Woolwich as a Horse Keeper. He was in France from 15th September 1915.
On 24th August 1917 he was at No 4 Veterinary Hospital in France. He sustained an injury to the ring and little finger of his right hand. He was accompanying a horse, the charger of Captain W G Green, to the front in a horse truck on a train. Rough shunting at Fontinet caused horse and man to lose their footing and they both fell, causing his injuries.
On demobilisation on 14th March 1919 he was transferred to the Z Reserve.
I have not found where Fontinet is, and where the Veterinary Hospital was.