2432 William Henry TIERNEY

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

 

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