2437 Albert Lionel THURSTON

Date of enlistment	7^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action – Pozieres Hospitalised sick

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

Date	Location	Event
24^th October 1917	Australia	Discharged – medically unfit
18^th September 1917	Australia	Disembarked Euripides
21^st July 1917	England	Returned to Australia on HS A14 Euripides
4^th May 1917	England	Marched in to No.2 Command Depot Weymouth
6^th January 1917	England	Marched in to No.4 Command Depot Wareham
11^th December 1916	England	Marched in to Perham Down from furlough
22^nd November 1916	England	Marched in to No.1 Command Depot Perham Down and granted furlough
10^th August 1916	England	Admitted to Beaufort War Hospital Bristol
9^th August 1916	France	Embarked on HS Aberdonian at Rouen for England
6^th August 1916	France	Admitted No.8 General Hospital
5^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action – Gunshot Wound right leg, and admitted 44^th CCS
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
19^th February 1916	Egypt	Discharged from hospital
15^th February 1916	Egypt	To Hospital sick, Brighton Beach
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