Date of enlistment | 9th July 1915 |
Rank at enlistment | Private |
Company | B Company |
Significant events while with the AIF | Wounded in Action – Broodseinde
Hospitalised sick |
Summary of Private Saville’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455
Date | Location | Event |
4th November 1918 | Australia | Discharged |
5th July 1918 | Australia | Disembarked Sydney for Melbourne |
12th May 1918 | England | Return to Australia on ‘D8’ Ruahine |
15th March 1918 | England | Discharged to No.2 Depot Weymouth |
6th March 1918 | England | Admitted to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield |
12th December 1917 | England | Admitted 5th Southern General Hospital Portsmouth – shell wound back, severe |
11th December 1917 | France | Embarked on Hospital Ship ‘Brighton’ for England – GSW chest |
7th November 1917 | France | Admitted to 4th General Hospital |
4th October 1917 | Belgium | Wounded in Action – Gunshot wound in back. Admitted to 3rd CCCS |
11th September 1917 | France | Re-joined Battalion |
1st September 1917 | England | Proceeded to France via Southampton |
14th July 1917 | England | Transferred to No.1 Command Depot Perham Down |
18th April 1917 | England | Marched into No.2 Command Depot Weymouth |
17th April 1917 | England | Overstaying leave – forfeit 2 days pay |
23rd February 1917 | England | Admitted to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield |
4th January 1917 | England | Admitted Boscombe Military Hospital |
31st December 1916 | France | Embarked on Hospital Ship ‘St.David’ at Rouen for England |
26th December 1916 | France | To hospital sick with Trench Feet |
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 |
29th October 1915 | Egypt | Disembarked Suez |
29th September 1915 | Australia | Embarked Melbourne on RMS ‘Osterley’ |
3rd August 1915 | Australia | Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion |
19th July 1915 | Australia | Marched into depot |