| Date of enlistment | 10th July 1915 |
| Rank at enlistment | Private |
| Company | B Company, transferred to HQ |
| Significant events while with the AIF | Hospitalised sick twice |
Summary of Private Sheehey’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455
| Date | Location | Event |
| 14th August 1918 | Australia | Discharged – medically unfit. |
| 6th August 1918 | Australia | Transferred to No.11 Australian General Hospital. Cardiac problems creating shortness of breath and palpitations |
| 1st July 1918 | Australia | Admitted to No.5 Australian General Hospital |
| 2nd July 1917 | Australia | Disembarked HS ‘Thermosticles’ |
| 4th May 1917 | England | Left England from Devonport for Australia on HS ‘Thermosticles’ |
| 16th February 1917 | England | Marched into No.2 Command Depot Weymouth from Dartford |
| 3rd November 1916 | England | Marched out from 1st West General Hospital to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford |
| 26th October 1916 | France | Embarked Calais for England on HS ‘Cambria’ |
| 16th September 1916 | France | Proceeded to 6th Brigade depot, Etaples |
| 2nd September 1916 | France | To 18th General Hospital sick |
| 25th July 1916 | France | Joined unit (Sea Transport Section) |
| 18th June 1916 | France | At 2nd Australian Division base in Etaples |
| 26th March 1916 | France | Disembarked at Marseille |
| 19th March 1916 | Egypt | Proceeded to join BEF from Alexandria |
| 8th January 1916 | Egypt | Taken on Strength at Tel-el-Kabir |
| 25th October 1915 | Egypt | Disembarked Alexandria |
| 29th September 1915 | Australia | Embarked Melbourne on RMS ‘Osterley’ |
| 3rd August 1915 | Australia | Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion |
| 19th July 1915 | Australia | Marched into depot |

FIRST WORLD WAR TIMELINE