2365 Charles William RICHARDSON

Date of enlistment	12^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	C Company; transferred to 6^th Brigade HQ
Significant events while with the AIF	Awarded Meritorious Service Medal Promoted to Corporal

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

Date	Location	Event
15^th July 1919	Australia	Discharged
22^nd May 1919	Australia	Disembarked Melbourne
8^th April 1919	England	Return to Australia on SS ’Trazos Montes’
24^th January 1919	France	Transfer to England for return to Australia
18^th January 1919	France	Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in recognition of valuable services rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders
12^th September 1918	France	Return from leave
27^th August 1918	France	On leave to England
27^th July 1918	France	Returned from leave
15^th July 1918	France	On leave to Nice
6^th August 1917	France	Taken on Strength of Headquarters Staff, 6th Infantry Brigade
1^st August 1917	France	Promoted to Corporal
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