| Date of enlistment | 29th June 1915 |
| Rank at enlistment | Acting Corporal |
| Company | Transferred to 1st Anzac Salvage Corps |
| Significant events while with the AIF | Promoted to Sergeant |

Summary of Sergeant Garner’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455
| Date | Location | Event |
| 31st July 1919 | Australia | Discharged |
| 8th June 1919 | Australia | Disembarked the ‘Sardinia’ |
| 19th April 1919 | England | Returned to Australia on HMAT ‘Sardinia’ with the 9th Quota |
| 19th March 1919 | England | Marched out to 2nd Training Brigade Codford |
| 22nd February 1919 | England | Disembarked Weymouth from France |
| 5th February 1919 | France | Marched out to AIBD for return to Australia |
| 29th September 1918 | France | Re-joined from leave |
| 20th September 1918 | France | To Paris on leave |
| 16th February 1918 | France | Re-joined from leave |
| 1st February 1918 | England | To England and leave |
| 24th January 1918 | France | Promoted to ER Sergeant |
| 3rd June 1917 | France | Re-joined unit from leave |
| 20th May 1917 | France | Proceeded on leave |
| 1st April 1917 | France | Promoted to ER Corporal |
| 24th January 1917 | France | Transferred to 1st Anzac Salvage Corps |
| 26th March 1916 | France | Disembarked Marseille |
| 19th March 1916 | Egypt | Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle |
| 31st January 1916 | Egypt | Promoted to Lance Corporal |
| 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 |
| 23rd September 1915 | Australia | Re-assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion |
| 20th July 1915 | Australia | Assigned to 9th Reinforcements 21st Battalion |
| 7th July 1915 | Australia | Marched into Broadmeadows depot |

FIRST WORLD WAR TIMELINE