2351 John Henry McINTOSH

Date of enlistment 17th July 1915
Rank at enlistment Private
Company D Company
Significant events while serving with the AIF Wounded in Action twice – incl Pozieres

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

Date Location Event
11th August 1917 Australia Discharged – medically unfit
18th April 1917 England Embarked Plymouth for Australia on HS ‘Barambah’
6th April 1917 England Moved from Weymouth in preparation for embarkation to Australia
15th March 1917 England Marched into Weymouth from Wareham
2nd November 1916 England Transferred from Weymouth to No.4 Command Depot Wareham
28th September 1916 England Transferred to No.2 Command Depot Weymouth from Southall
15th September 1916 England Transferred to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital Southall from Wandsworth
11th August 1916 England Admitted to 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth
11th August 1916 France Embarked Boulogne for England on HS ‘St.George’
5th August 1916 France Wounded in Action (2nd occasion) – gunshot wound in buttock
26th June 1916 France Wounded in Action
26th March 1916 France Disembarked at Marseille
19th March 1916 Egypt Proceeded to join BEF from Alexandria
8th January 1916 Egypt Taken on Strength at Tel-el-Kabir
25th October 1915 Egypt Disembarked Alexandria
29th September 1915 Australia Embarked Melbourne on RMS ‘Osterley’
4th August 1915 Australia Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion
21st July 1915 Australia Marched into depot

 

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