2438 Gilbert Humphries Reid TRIPP

Date of enlistment	10^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action twice – including at Pozieres Hospitalised sick twice Awarded the Military Medal Promoted to Sergeant

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

Date	Location	Event
26^th May 1919	Australia	Discharged
3^rd April 1919	Australia	Disembarked Ascanius
9^th February 1919	England	Returned to Australia on Ascanius
9^th November 1918	England	Placed on Supernumery List having been away from Battalion for 3 months
25^th October 1918	England	Marched in to No.1 Command Depot Sutton Veny
11^th September 1918	England	Marched out to Fovant (witness at DCM)
10^th September 1918	England	Marched in to No.2 Command Depot Weymouth
27^th August 1918	England	Marched in to No.3 Command Depot Hurdcott
22^nd August 1918	England	Transferred to 1^st Australian Auxiliary Hospital Harefield
5^th August 1918	England	Admitted Princess Christain Military Hospital Englefield Green (gas poisoning, severe)
5^th August 1918	France	Invalided to England on HS St. Andrew
30^th July 1918	France	Transferred to 2^nd Stationary Hospital Abbeville
17^th July 1918	France	Wounded in Action (2^nd occasion) – gassed, and admitted to 5 CCS
1^st March 1918	Belgium	Promoted to Sergeant
1^st November 1917	Belgium	Re-joined the Battalion
23^rd October 1917	France	Marched in to 2ADBD
3^rd October 1917	France	Transferred to 6 CD Etaples
20^th September 1917	France	Admitted to 8 RC Hospital Le Touquet
13^th September 1917	Belgium	Accidentally injured – sprained ankle
12^th June 1917	France	Awarded the Military Medal
28^th May 1917	France	Appointed Lance Sergeant
19^th May 1917	France	Promoted to Corporal
21^st August 1916	France	Appointed Lance Corporal
16^th August 1916	France	Re-joined Battalion from hospital
11^th August 1916	France	Discharged from hospital to 2ADBD
30^th July 1916	France	Admitted to No.23 General Hospital
27^th July – 4^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action – Gunshot Wound face and left arm
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
7^th December 1915	Egypt	Discharged from hospital to duty
23^rd November 1915	Egypt	Admitted to hospital, Heliopolis – sick
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
4^th August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
19^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot