2389 Robert Charles SEDDON

Date of enlistment	13^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Acting Corporal
Company	Transferred to 2^nd Pioneer Battalion
Significant events while with the AIF	Hospitalised sick on three occasions – incl trench feet

Summary of Acting Corporal Seddon’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 1917	Australia	Discharged – medically unfit
9^th June 1917	Australia	Disembarked HT Barambah
18^th April 1917	England	Return to Australia on HT Barambah
8^th April 1917	England	Discharged from hospital
14^th March 1917	England	Admitted to 1^st Auxiliary Hospital – haemoptysis
8^th February 1917	England	Admitted to Beaufort Bristol War Hospital
7^th February 1917	France	Embarked on HS St.Patrick for England
18^th December 1916	France	Admitted to hospital from Flers – trench feet
26^th June 1916	France	Falling out of march without permission – forfeit of 1 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
11^th March 1916	Egypt	Transferred to 2^nd Pioneers and Taken on Strength
28^th February 1916	Egypt	Discharged from Helouan hospital and to duty
6^th January 1916	Egypt	Admitted to hospital sick – influenza
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