2396 Henry Percy SWIFT

Date of enlistment	10^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	A Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action Hospitalised sick twice Awarded Military Medal Promoted to Sergeant

Summary of Sergeant Swift’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
24^th April 1919	Australia	Discharged – medically unfit
16^th January 1919	England	Returned to Australia on Demosthenes
9^th November 1918	England	Placed on Supernumery List
17^th September 1918	England	Transferred to N.4 Convalescent Depot, Hurdcott
5^th September 1918	England	Transferred to No.2 Convalescent Depot Weymouth
3^rd September 1918	England	Transferred to 1^st Auxiliary Hospital Harefield
5^th August 1918	England	Admitted to Connaught Hospital Aldershot
4^th August 1918	France	Invalided to England on HS Stad Antwerpen
19^th July 1918	France	Admitted to 2^nd Stationary Hospital, Abbeville
17^th July 1918	France	Wounded in Action – gassed, and admitted to 49th CCS
2^nd July 1918	France	Discharged to Unit
30^th June 1918	France	To hospital sick
18^th June 1918	France	Awarded Military Medal
13^th May 1918	France	Promoted to Sergeant
4^th September 1917	France	Appointed Lance Sergeant
9^th April 1917	France	Re-joined Battalion
30^th March 1917	France	Marched in to 2ADBD
3^rd March 1917	France	Admitted 51^st General Hospital, Etaples
28^th February 1917	France	Admitted 45^th Casualty Station sick
17^th November 1916	France	Promoted to Corporal
31^st July 1916	France	Appointed Lance Corporal
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
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