2382 Arthur SMITH

Date of enlistment	10^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	C Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action twice – incl Pozieres Hospitalised sick District Court Martial with detention

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

Date	Location	Event
24^th August 1919	Australia	Discharged
2^nd July 1919	Australia	Disembarked Nestor
20^th May 1919	England	Returned to Australia on Nestor from Liverpool
19^th April 1919	England	Unexpired portion of sentence remitted and discharged from Lewes Detention Block to No.1 Command Depot Sutton Veny
20^th November 1918	England	District Court Martial – award 9 months detention
13^th October 1918	France	Court of Inquiry held in the field
13^th September 1918	England	Absent without leave
25^th August 1918	England	Proceeded on English leave
13^th August 1918	France	Re-joined Battalion
18^th July 1918	France	To 5^th CCS
17^th July 1918	France	Wounded in Action (2^nd occasion) – gassed
9^th January 1917	France	Re-joined Battalion
31^st December 1916	England	Proceeded overseas from Folkestone
2^nd December 1916	England	Marched into No.4 Command Depot Wareham
13^th October 1916	England	Marched into No.3 Command Depot from Perham Down
18^th September 1916	England	Granted furlough then to No.1 Command Depot Perham Down
9^th August 1916	France	Embarked for England on HS Maheno from Le Havre
6^th August 1916	France	Admitted 8^th General Hospital
5^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action – Gunshot wound thigh
2^nd July 1916	France	Re-joined unit from hospital
18^th April 1916	France	Admitted to Wimeraux Hospital sick – bronchitis
31^st March 1916	France	Absent without leave – award 72 hours FP#2, plus forfeiture of 3 days pay
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