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 |