2372 Leopold Garnet SILVER

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 at Pozieres Transferred to 6^th Brigade HQ

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

Date	Location	Event
22^nd July 1919	Australia	Discharged
30^th May 1919	Australia	Disembarked Melbourne
13^th April 1919	England	Return to Australia on Castalia from Devonport
13^th February 1919	England	Marched out to England and disembarked at Weymouth
5^th October 1918	France	Re-joined unit
12^th September 1918	France	Detached to 4^th Army cooking school
3^rd September 1918	France	Re-joined unit
18^th August 1918	England	On leave
27^th May 1917	France	Transferred to 6^th Brigade Headquarters
28^th February 1917	France	Re-joined Battalion from hospital
23^rd November 1916	France	Marched in to 2ABDB from hospital
18^th November 1916	France	Transferred to 2^nd Convalescent Depot Rouen
13^th November 1916	France	Wounded in Action (2nd occasion) – gunshot wound to head. To CCS
5^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
3^rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
19^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot