2362 Albert Edward ROBERTS

Date of enlistment	12^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	C Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action twice – incl Pozieres Hospitalised sick twice District Court Martial *shell shock; gassed; trench foot

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

Date	Location	Event
27^th July 1920	Australia	Discharged
8^th September 1919	England	Returned to Australia on ‘Varanga’
4^th July 1919	England	Marched in to No.1 Command Depot Sutton Veny
2^nd May 1919	England	Absent without leave. Forfeit of 24 days pay.
17^th February 1919	England	Released from detention to Bulford
8^th November 1918	England	District Court Martial. Sentence 130 days detention.
10^th August 1918	England	Absent without leave, Longbridge Deverill
14^th June 1918	England	Absent without leave, Hurdcott – forfeit of 22 days pay
22^nd April 1918	England	Discharged from hospital to No.3 Command Depot, Hurdcott
12^th April 1918	England	Transferred to 3^rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford
30^th March 1918	England	Admitted to Ontario Military Hospital, Orpington Kent suffering from gas poisoning
30^th March 1918	France	Embarked on HS ‘Ville de Liege’ for England
25^th March 1918	France	Transferred to 30^th General Hospital Calais
22^nd March 1918	Belgium	Wounded in Action (2nd occasion) – gassed. Admitted to 5^th AFA
9^th January 1918	Belgium	Rejoined Battalion
3^rd January 1918	England	Proceeded to Le Havre and France from Longbridge Deverill via Southampton
26^th November 1917	England	Transferred to Longbridge Deverill
23^rd October 1917	England	Discharged from hospital to No.1 Command Depot Sutton Veny
7^th October 1917	England	Admitted to Tidworth Military Hospital with tonsillitis
24^th September 1917	England	Sick to Brigade Hospital with tonsillitis at Perham Down
14^th July 1917	England	Marched in to Perham Down from No.2 Command Depot Weymouth
30^th March 1917	England	Overstaying leave in London – forfeit of 8 days pay
5^th December 1916	England	Discharged from hospital to No.2 Command Depot Weymouth
20^th November 1916	England	Transferred to 3^rd Auxiliary Hospital Southall suffering with Trench Feet
15^th November 1916	England	Admitted to Beaufort War Hospital, sick
14^th November 1916	France	Embarked at Le Havre on HS ‘Asturias’ for England with oedema of feet (Trench Feet)
10^th November 1916	France	To hospital sick – trench feet
20^th September 1916	France	Rejoined Unit
30^th August 1916	France	Admitted to 35 CCS – shell shock
6^th August 1916	France	Admitted to 1^st Anzac Rest Station – neurasthenia
27^th July – 4^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action – shell shock
14^th July 1916	France	Transferred back to 22^nd Battalion
11^th July 1916	France	Absent without Leave in the field – forfeit of 30 days pay
12^th May 1916	France	Transferred to Trench Mortar Battery
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