2404 William Harrison SMITH

Date of enlistment	12^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	C Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action – Pozieres Appointed Lance Corporal

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

Date	Location	Event
15^th February 1918	Australia	Discharged – medically unfit
10^th December 1917	Australia	Disembarked Beltana
18^th October 1917	England	Return to Australia on A72, Beltana
18^th October 1917	England	Discharged from St.Dunstans Hostel, fully trained in joinery and poultry farming
1^st November 1916	England	Admitted St.Dunstans Hostel, blind
19^th August 1916	England	Admitted 1^st Northern Hospital Newcastle Under Lyme
18^th August 1916	France	Embarked for England from Calais on HS Brighton
5^th August 1916	France	Admitted No.22 General Hospital Camiers
4^th August 1916	France	Wounded in action – gunshot wound face (severe). Lost left eye
30^th July 1916	France	Appointed Lance Corporal
29^th June 1916	France	Took part in a raid on enemy trenches
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