2387 Joseph SCRIVEN

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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