2402 George McDermot SMYTH

Date of enlistment	10^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	C Company; transferred to Division
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action – Pozieres Hospitalised sick three occasions Appointed Lance Corporal

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

Date	Location	Event
24^th February 1919	Australia	Discharged – medically unfit
29^th December 1918	Australia	Disembarked Gaika
8^th November 1918	England	Return to Australia per D32, Gaika – haemorrhoids and senility
9^th September 1918	England	Marched in to No.2 Command Depot Weymouth
3^rd September 1918	England	To hospital sick, Monte Video Camp (Weymouth)
10^th July 1918	England	Taken on Strength of Perm Cadre No.2 Command Depot
23^rd May 1918	England	Transferred to No.2 Command Depot Weymouth
8^th May 1918	England	Transferred to 3^rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital Dartford
30^th April 1918	England	Admitted Graylingwell War Hospital Chichester – heamorrhoids
29^th April 1918	France	Embarked on Aberdonian for England
20^th April 1918	France	To hospital sick – anaemic
23^rd March 1918	France	Transfer to 2^nd Division Traffic Control ex AIBD
1^st March 1918	France	Proceeded to Australian Infantry Base Depot le Havre for reclassification
8^th August 1917	France	Returned from leave
27^th June 1917	France	Proceeded on leave
23^rd June 1917	France	Taken on Strength of 1^st Anzac Corp School
21^st November 1916	France	Appointed Lance Corporal
17^th October 1916	France	Re-joined Battalion
6^th August 1916	France	Admitted to 1^st Anzac Hospital
27^th July – 4^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action – neurasthenia (shell shock)
28^th May 1916	France	Revert to ranks on own request
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 February 1916	Egypt	Promoted to Lance Corporal
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