2487 Joseph Benjamin PAYNE

Date of enlistment	14^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	C Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action – Pozieres Hospitalised sick on three occasions Field General Court Martial twice with five year prison sentence remitted upon end of war

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

Date	Location	Event
6^th October 1919	Australia	Discharged
29^th August 1919	Australia	Disembarked Persic
13^th July 1919	England	Returned to Australia on Persic
27^th May 1919	England	Disembarked Southampton from Le Havre for return to Australia
14^th May 1919	France	Absent without leave from parade. Award 2 days FP#2
11^th April 1919	France	Re-joined Battalion
7^th April 1919	France	Remainder of sentence remitted upon release from prison
6^th November 1918	France	Admitted to hospital
26^th October 1918	France	Sentence commuted to 2 years Imprisonment with Hard Labour
14^th September 1918	France	Admitted to No.1 Military Prison Rouen
5^th August 1918	France	Field General Court Martial: Desertion from the reserve line near Villers-Bretonneux on 12^th July until surrendered to Military Police at Boulogne on 21^st July. Sentence life PS, commuted to 5 years PS
23^rd June 1918	France	Field General Court Martial: Absent without leave from the front line until apprehended by the Military Police. Sentence 5 years PS, suspended
21^st May 1918	France	Re-joined Battalion
16^th April 1918	France	Discharged from hospital to Base Details
10^th April 1918	France	To 24^th General Hospital Etaples sick
22^nd March 1918	Belgium	Absent without leave for 1 day. Award 28 days FP#1 and forfeiture of 29 days pay
16^th March 1918	Belgium	Absent without leave in Boulogne for 1 day – forfeiture of 6 days pay
28^th February 1918	Belgium	Overstaying Paris leave by 1 day – forfeiture of 23 days pay
14^th October 1917	Belgium	Taken on Strength to 22^nd Battalion
9^th October 1917	France	Proceeded overseas to France from Hurdcott via Southampton and to 2ADBD Le Havre
3^rd October 1917	England	Leaving ranks without permission. Award FP#2 for 1 day
8^th September 1917	England	Absent without leave for 1 day. Award FP#2 1 day, plus forfeiture of 22 days pay
7^th September 1917	England	Absent without leave for 3 days. Forfeiture of 16 days pay
31^st August 1917	England	Absent without leave for 15 days at Windmill Hill. Forfeiture of 21 days pay
28^th April 1917	England	Taken on Strength to 66^th Battalion, Windmill Hill
4^th April 1917	England	Transferred to 22^nd Battalion details at Perham Down
23^rd March 1917	England	Transferred to 65^th Battalion
10^th February 1917	England	Discharged from hospital to No.4 Command Camp Wareham
19^th January 1917	England	To hospital sick – mumps
16^th January 1917	England	Absent without leave. Award 48 hours detention and forfeiture of 4 days pay
3^rd November 1916	England	Marched in to No.4 Command Camp Wareham
13^th October 1916	England	Marched into D Camp Bovington, Dorset
15^th September 1916	England	Discharged from hospital and marched in to No.2 Command Depot Weymouth
12^th August 1916	England	Admitted Westminster Road Auxiliary Hospital Liverpool
12^th August 1916	France	Embarked at Calais on HS Brighton for England
6^th August 1916	France	Admitted to No.23 General Hospital Rouen
5^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action – Gunshot Wound right hand, and admitted 3 CCS
10^th June 1916	France	Drunkenness while on active service. Award 14 days FP#2
2^nd April 1916	France	Absent without leave from parade and drunkenness. Award 48 hours FP#2
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
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
20^th September 1915	Australia	Re-assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion
12^th August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 29th Battalion
21^st July 1915	Australia	Marched into Seymour depot