2354 George Henry PIERCE

Date of enlistment	10^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	C Company
Significant events while serving with the AIF	Hospitalised twice With unit at every major engagement

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

Date	Location	Event
4^th October 1919	Australia	Discharged
30^th May 1919	Australia	Disembarked ‘Castalia’ in Melbourne
13^th April 1919	England	Returned to Australia from Devonport on ‘Castalia’
24^th March 1919	England	Discharged from hospital
23^rd February 1919	England	Admitted to 1^st Australian Dermatological Hospital Bulford suffering from abrasion
12^th February 1919	France	Embarked Le Havre for Weymouth
28^th October 1918	France	Discharged to duty
21^st October 1918	France	To 3^rd Australian General Hospital Abbeville sick – influenza
25^th July 1917	France	Returned to unit
15^th July 1917	France	On leave
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked at Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join BEF from Alexandria
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength at Tel-el-Kabir
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Embarked Melbourne on RMS ‘Osterley’
3^rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
19^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into depot