2442 William James VANCE

Date of enlistment	9^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	D Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action – Pozieres Hospitalised sick twice

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

Date	Location	Event
2^nd August 1917	Australia	Discharged – medically unfit (tuberculosis of right lung)
2^nd July 1917	Australia	Disembarked at Melbourne
4^th May 1917	England	Embarked at Devonport on Thermosticles for Australia
25^th January 1917	England	Marched in to No.2 Command Depot Weymouth
3^rd January 1917	England	Neglecting to obey an order and using obscene language to MP – award 120 hours detention
28^th November 1916	England	Marched in to No.1 Command Depot Perham Down
11^th November 1916	England	Discharged from hospital to furlough
2^nd August 1916	England	Admitted Norwich War Hospital – influenza and debility
2^nd August 1916	France	Embarked on HS Dieppe at Calais for England
28^th July 1916	France	Admitted to hospital, Camiers – influenza
27^th July – 4^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action (no other record of wound)
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
31^st December 1915	Egypt	Discharged to duty
8^th December 1915	Egypt	Transferred to Anzac Convalescent Hospital Helouan
11^th November 1915	Egypt	Admitted to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Ghezireh, with pneumonia
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