| Date of enlistment | 12th July 1915 |
| Rank at enlistment | Private |
| Company | Transferred to 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Significant events while with the AIF | Hospitalised sick |
Summary of Private Temple’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455
| Date | Location | Event |
| 30th April 1918 | Australia | Discharged – medically unfit (rheumatism) |
| 21st March 1918 | Australia | Disembarked Euripides at Melbourne |
| 30th January 1918 | England | Returned to Australia on A14 Euripides |
| 31st December 1917 | England | Marched in to No.2 Command Depot Weymouth from Sutton Veny |
| 30th May 1917 | England | Marched in to Pioneer Training Depot |
| 26th May 1917 | England | Marched in to Perham Down |
| 23rd March 1917 | England | Marched in to No.2 Command Depot Weymouth |
| 12th March 1917 | England | Transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital Dartford |
| 1st February 1917 | England | Admitted to 2nd Birmingham War Hospital |
| 31st January 1917 | France | Embarked on HS St. Andrew for England |
| 25th January 1917 | France | Admitted to 36th CCS then transferred to 6th General Hospital Rouen – PUO (trench fever) |
| 26th March 1916 | France | Disembarked Marseille |
| 19th March 1916 | Egypt | Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle |
| 13th March 1916 | Egypt | Transferred to 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Moascar |
| 8th January 1916 | Egypt | Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir |
| 25th October 1915 | Egypt | Disembarked Alexandria |
| 29th September 1915 | Australia | Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley |
| 3rd August 1915 | Australia | Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion |
| 19th July 1915 | Australia | Marched into Broadmeadows depot |


FIRST WORLD WAR TIMELINE