2384 Francis Charles SAXON

Date of enlistment	12^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	B Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Died of Wounds – Pozieres

Buried at Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt

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

Date	Location	Event
27^th July 1916	France	Died of Wounds, 6^th Field Ambulance
27^th July – 4^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action – gunshot wound abdomen and chest
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
14^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join Unit
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