2348 John Crowle McLEOD

Date of enlistment	12th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Acting Sergeant
Company	C Company
Significant events while serving with the AIF	Wounded in Action – Pozieres Promoted to Corporal

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

Date	Location	Event
30th April 1917	Australia	Discharged – medically unfit
31st December 1916	Australia	Disembarked at Melbourne
12th November 1916	England	Discharged from 1st Auxiliary Hospital for return to Australia on HT Wiltshire from Portland
30th October 1916	England	Report to Harefield after furlough
14th October 1916	England	Discharged to furlough
6th October 1916	England	Transferred to 1st Auxiliary Hospital Harefield
20th August 1916	England	Admitted 2nd Birmingham Hospital Lichfield
19th August 1916	France	Embarked on HS Dieppe from Calais for England
6th August 1916	France	Admitted to St. Johns Hospital, Etaples
5th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action – gunshot wound head and chest (severe). Fractured parietal bone
29th June 1916	France	Took part in a raid on enemy trenches on the night of 29th/30th June
26th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
7th March 1916	Egypt	Promoted to Corporal (temporary)
8th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
3rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion
19th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot

 

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