2406 Wallace SAUNDERS

Date of enlistment	12^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	Transferred to 2^nd Pioneer Battalion, and 2^nd Tunnelling Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Hospitalised sick twice

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

Date	Location	Event
13^th August 1917	Australia	Discharged – medically unfit
4^th May 1917	England	Return to Australia from Devonport on HT Runic – bronchitis and debility
14^th April 1917	England	Marched in to No. 2 Command Depot Weymouth
23^rd March 1917	France	Embarked at Calais on HS Stad Antwerpen for England and admitted to Eastbourne Military Hospital
19^th March 1917	France	Marched out to hospital – age and debility
19^th February 1917	France	Marched in to 2 ADBD Etaples
28^th January 1917	France	Admitted to 2^nd General Hospital Rouen – influenza
1^st October 1916	France	Transferred to and Taken on Strength to 2^nd Pioneers
14^th July 1916	France	Transferred to 2^nd Tunnelling Company
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
11^th March 1916	Egypt	Transferred to 2^nd Pioneer Battalion
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