2400 Charles Henry SAWYER

Date of enlistment	12^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	C Company; transferred to 5th Machine Gun Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action twice – both ocassions at Pozieres Hospitalised sick twice

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

Date	Location	Event
23^rd July 1919	Australia	Discharged
31^st May 1919	Australia	Disembarked Medic
10^th April 1919	England	Returned to Australia from England on ‘Medic’ as invalid
31^st March 1919	England	In 3^rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital Dartford
16^th February 1919	England	Admitted to Gravesend hospital with influenza while on leave from Hurdcott
31^st January 1919	England	Transferred to England
17^th September 1918	France	Back in France after leave
31^st August 1918	England	On leave in England
16^th April 1918	France	Transferred from 22^nd Battalion to 5^th Australian Machine Gun Battalion
23^rd March 1918	France	Detached and posted for duty with Australian Infantry Base Depot, Le Havre
19^th July 1917	France	10 days leave
5^th October 1916	France	Re-joined 22^nd Battalion in Etaples from Australian Division Base Depot
17^th September 1916	France	Transferred to 2^nd ADBD
3^rd September 1916	France	Admitted to 11 General Hospital with malaria
26^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action (2nd occasion) – shrapnel wound in finger
18^th August 1916	France	Re-joined Battalion
28^th July 1916	France	Admitted to Canadian No.1 General Hospital, Etaples
27^th July 1916	France	Wounded in Action – gunshot wound in buttocks.
22^nd April 1916	France	Breaking from the ranks. Award 28 days FP No.2. Pay forfeited 28 days. Roquetaine
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked at Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join BEF from Alexandria on Llandovery Castle
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength at 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