2346 William Patrick Thomas McCORMACK

Date of enlistment	10^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Acting Sergeant
Company	C Company
Significant events while serving with the AIF	Wounded in Action twice – Pozieres and Bullecourt Hospitalised sick Awarded Military Medal Promoted to Sergeant

Summary of Sergeant McCormack’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
15^th February 1918	Australia	Discharged – medically unfit
10^th January 1918	Australia	Disembarked
25^th November 1917	England	Return from Liverpool to Australia on Karoola
3^rd August 1917	England	Placed on Supernumery List
18^th July 1917	England	Admitted 2^nd Auxiliary Hospital Southall – right leg amputated above knee on account of sepsis
10^th July 1917	England	Transferred to 1^st Auxiliary Hospital Harefield
10^th June 1917	England	Admitted to Reading War Hospital
9^th June 1917	France	Invalided to England on HS Warilda
6^th June 1917	France	Admitted to 10 General Hospital Rouen – leg amputated
3^rd May 1917	France	Wounded in Action – shrapnel wound leg. Admitted to 3CCS
1^st March 1917	France	Promoted to Sergeant
25^th February 1917	France	Awarded Military Medal
13^th December 1916	France	Appointed temporary Sergeant
4^th December 1916	France	Promoted to Corporal
2^nd October 1916	Belgium	Promoted to Temporary Corporal
28^th August 1916	France	Re-joined Battalion from hospital
21^st August 1916	France	Transferred to 2ABDB from hospital
30^th July 1916	France	Admitted to No.23 General Hospital Etaples
27^th July 1916	France	Wounded in Action – gunshot wound to face
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
6^th March 1916	Egypt	Promoted to Lance-Corporal
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
3^rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
19^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot