| Date of enlistment | 10th July 1915 |
| Rank at enlistment | Private |
| Company | Transferred to HQ |
| Significant events while with the AIF | Hospitalised sick |
Summary of Private Tierney’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455
| Date | Location | Event |
| 8th September 1919 | Australia | Discharged |
| 30th May 1919 | Australia | Disembarked Castalia |
| 16th May 1919 | At sea | To hospital sick – bursitis |
| 13th April 1919 | England | Embarked on Castalia at Devonport for return to Australia |
| 13th February 1919 | England | Marched out and disembarked Weymouth |
| 26th October 1918 | England | Re-joined Battalion |
| 10th October 1918 | England | Proceeded on English leave |
| 13th December 1917 | France | Attached to 6th Brigade HQ |
| 27th June 1917 | France | Drunk in town (Amiens). Fined 5/- |
| 26th March 1916 | France | Disembarked Marseille |
| 19th March 1916 | Egypt | Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle |
| 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