| Date of enlistment | 10th July 1915 |
| Rank at enlistment | Private |
| Company | C Company |
| Significant events while with the AIF | Wounded in Action
Hospitalised sick on three occasions Appointed Lance Corporal; revert to ranks |
Summary of Private Scriven’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455
| Date | Location | Event |
| 13th September 1919 | Australia | Discharged |
| 22nd July 1919 | Australia | Disembarked Rio Negro |
| 29th May 1919 | England | Returned to Australia on Rio Negro |
| 11th April 1919 | England | Marched out to England and to No.1 Command Depot Sutton Veny |
| 31st January 1919 | France | Discharged to AIBD |
| 11th December 1918 | France | To hospital sick – influenza |
| 17th October 1918 | England | Proceeded overseas from Longbridge Deverill Overseas Training Brigade via Southampton |
| 10th May 1918 | England | Discharged from hospital and transferred to No.3 Convalascent Hospital Hurdcott |
| 26th April 1918 | England | Transferred to No.1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital Harefield |
| 21st April 1918 | England | Admitted to 2/1st Southern General Hospital Birmingham |
| 20th April 1918 | France | Embarked for England |
| 10th April 1918 | France | Admitted to 53rd General Hospital Boulogne |
| 9th April 1918 | France | Wounded in Action – gunshot wound right elbow |
| 27th January 1918 | Belgium | Re-joined Battalion |
| 17th January 1918 | England | Proceeded overseas from Longbridge Deverill training camp via Southampton |
| 24th December 1917 | England | Absent without leave. Award revert to ranks and forfeiture of 3 days pay |
| 15th November 1917 | England | Discharged from hospital and transferred to Hurdcott |
| 9th November 1917 | England | Admitted 1st Southern General Hospital, Edgbaston Birmingham |
| 8th November 1917 | France | Embarked on Ville de Liege for England |
| 21st October 1917 | France | To hospital sick – seborrhoea |
| 14th October 1917 | France | Appointed Lance Corporal |
| 31st July 1917 | France | Re-joined Battalion |
| 17th April 1917 | France | Discharged to Base Details |
| 16th December 1916 | France | Admitted to 1st Stationary Hospital Rouen |
| 6th November 1916 | France | To hospital sick – rheumatism |
| 3rd September 1916 | France | Being in Doullens without a pass. Award 168 hours FP#2 |
| 26th March 1916 | France | Disembarked Marseille |
| 19th March 1916 | Egypt | Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle |
| 8th January 1916 | Egypt | Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir |
| 25th October 1915 | Egypt | Disembarked Alexandria |
| 29th September 1915 | Australia | Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley |
| 3rd August 1915 | Australia | Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion |
| 19th July 1915 | Australia | Marched into Broadmeadows depot |

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