2429 James TOBITT

Date of enlistment 13th July 1915
Rank at enlistment Private
Company  
Significant events while with the AIF Hospitalised sick

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

Date Location Event
22nd May 1916 Egypt Discharged – medically unfit
9th February 1916 Egypt Returned to Australia on HT Nestor
3rd February 1916 Egypt Transferred to No.2 Auxiliary Hospital Heliopolis
12th January 1916 Egypt Admitted to 2nd AGH Ghezireh – varicose veins
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

 

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