| Date of enlistment | 21st July 1915 |
| Rank at enlistment | Private |
| Company | |
| Significant events while with the AIF | Wounded in Action – Broodseinde
Hospitalised sick Promoted to Lance Sergeant District Court Martial |
Summary of Private Alliston’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455
| Date | Location | Event |
| 26th June 1918 | Australia | Discharged |
| 15th April 1918 | England | Return to Australia on A74 Marathon |
| 23rd February 1918 | France | Proceeded to England for return to Australia |
| 19th February 1918 | France | Re-joined Battalion |
| 14th February 1918 | England | Letter stating that as two brothers KIA and Alliston been wounded he is approved for discharge |
| 14th February 1918 | England | Proceeded overseas to France via Southampton from Training Brigade Sandhill Camp Longbridge Deverill |
| 8th February 1918 | England | Marched out from No.3 Command Camp Hurdcott to Longbridge Deverill |
| 18th December 1917 | England | District Court Martial held at Hurdcott. Absent without leave for 2 days until apprehended at railway station. Revert to ranks |
| 23rd October 1917 | England | Admitted to Queen Mary’s Military Hospital |
| 22nd October 1917 | France | Embarked to England on HS Brighton |
| 4th October 1917 | Belgium | Wounded in Action – shrapnel wound chest and back |
| 27th May 1917 | France | Promoted to Lance Sergeant |
| 13th December 1916 | France | Promoted to Corporal |
| 4th December 1916 | France | Appointed Lance Corporal |
| 25th August 1916 | France | Marched in to 2 ADBD, Etaples |
| 17th August 1916 | France | To hospital sick – middle ear injury. Admitted 11h general Hospital Camiers |
| 26th March 1916 | France | Disembarked Marseille |
| 19th March 1916 | Egypt | Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle |
| 15th March 1916 | Egypt | Crime: Conduct to the prejuidice of good order and military discipline. Award 28 days FP#2 |
| 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 |
| 12th September 1915 | Australia | Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion |
| 28th July 1915 | Australia | Marched into Broadmeadows depot |

FIRST WORLD WAR TIMELINE