2397 Charles Robert SAMWAYS

Date of enlistment	7^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	C Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action – Pozieres Hospitalised on five occasions Field General Court Martial

Photograph of Private Samways taken from the project banner photograph of C Company 22nd Battalion, Franvillers, 30th May 1918. Private Samways is seated eleventh from the left in the front row, next to the Lewis gun.

Summary of Private Samways WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
13^th September 1919	Australia	Discharged
22^nd July 1919	Australia	Disembarked Rio Negro
29^th May 1919	England	Return to Australia via ‘Rio Negro’ from Devonport
12^th April 1919	England	Disembarked Southampton and marched in to Codford
8^th February 1919	France	Transferred to 2^nd Australian MT Company as Driver
10^th November 1918	France	Field General Court Martial. Absent Without Leave to 5^th December 1918. Sentenced to 40 days FP No.2
26^th October 1918	England	Proceeded to England on leave
13^th October 1918	France	Re-joined Battalion
4^th October 1918	France	To AIBD Le Havre
30^th August 1918	France	To 11 Convalescence Depot Buchy
4^th August 1918	France	To hospital, sick with dysentery
17^th May 1918	France	Re-joined battalion
23^rd April 1918	France	Discharged to AIBD from L of C Hospital
23^rd March 1918	France	To Le Havre hospital, sick
23^rd January 1918	Belgium	Conduct to the prejudice of good military conduct. Discipline charge for leaving the lines during parade – award 3 days F.P. No.2
19^th November 1917	Belgium	Re-joined 22^nd Battalion
10^th November 1917	England	Proceeded overseas from Longbridge Deverill to France via Southampton
30^th August 1917	England	Declared illegally absent by Court of Inquiry, at Perham Down on 22^nd September 1917. Apprehended 9^th October. AIF depots ordered soldiers release 1^st November 1917 in order that he may proceed overseas
25^th August 1917	England	Absent Without Leave from Perham Down. Forfeit 1 days pay
30^th June 1917	England	Marched in to No.1 Command Depot Perham Down
28^th May 1917	England	Absent Without Leave. Award 9 days FP 2, plus 18 days pay
14^th April 1917	England	Marched into No.2 Command Depot Weymouth from Larkhill
13^th February 1917	England	Marched out to Larkhill
4^th February 1917	England	Sick to Fargo Hospital – influenza
30^th January 1917	England	Marched into 6^th Training Brigade, Larkhill from Fargo Hospital
16^th January 1917	England	Sick with influenza to Fargo Hospital from 6^th Training Brigade, Larkhill
27^th October 1916	England	Absent without Leave. Deprived 12 days pay, Rollestone
13^th October 1916	England	Marched into 6^th Training Battalion Rollestone from Weymouth
5^th September 1916	England	Marched into No.2 Command Depot Weymouth from Harefield Hospital
2^nd September 1916	England	Transferred to 1^st Australian Auxiliary Hospital Harefield
21^st August 1916	England	Admitted Carrington Hospital, Nottingham
20^th August 1916	France	Departed Calais for England on HS Newhaven
5^th August 1916	France	Wounded, Gunshot Wound right foot and right hip, admitted to 3rd CCS and then to 22^nd General Hospital
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked at Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join BEF from Alexandria
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength at Tel-el-Kabir
31^st December 1915	Egypt	Discharged from hospital to duty at Zeitoun
15^th December 1915	Egypt	Admitted 1^st Auxiliary Hospital Abbassia with Dysentery
2^nd December 1915	Egypt	Discharged to duty
11^th November 1915	Egypt	Admitted to Heliopolis Hospital with Enteritis
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 depot