2473 Laurie MACDONALD

Date of enlistment	6^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action – Pozieres Hospitalised sick Appointed Lance Corporal

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

Date	Location	Event
21^st February 1917	Australia	Discharged – medically unfit
8^th January 1917	Australia	Absent without leave – forfeiture of 2 days pay
4^th January 1917	Australia	Absent without leave – forfeiture of 3 days pay
2^nd December 1916	Australia	Disembarked Karoola
16^th October 1916	England	Discharged from 1^st Auxiliary Hospital, and embarked on HS Karoola from Southampton
19^th August 1916	England	Embarked at Calais on HS Dieppe for England, and admitted to Colchester General Military Hospital
6^th August 1916	France	Admitted to No.26 General Hospital – gunshot wound fractured right forearm and shell shock
5^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action – gunshot wound arm
30^th July 1916	France	Appointed Lance Corporal
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
27^th November 1915	Egypt	Discharged to duty
7^th November 1915	Egypt	Admitted to Abbassia Hospital – measles
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
12^th September 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
9^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot