2494 William CLACK

Date of enlistment 13th July 1915
Rank at enlistment Private
Company Anzac Headquarters
Significant events while with the AIF Field General Court Martial – fined £1

Promoted to Corporal

Escort to Gen.Birdwood

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

Date Location Event
2nd September 1919 Australia Discharged
27th June 1919 Australia Disembarked Borda at Melbourne
11th May 1919 England Returned to Australia on Borda
3rd April 1919 England Sailed from Le Havre to Southampton and marched in to No.3 Group Codford
25th March 1919 France Marched out to AIBD for return to Australia
4th February 1919 France Field General Court Martial: Drunkenness while on active field service. Fined £1
27th November 1918 France Promoted to Corporal
17th September 1918 France Transferred from 22nd Battalion to Anzac Headquarters
20th September 1917 France Appointed Lance Corporal
4th May 1916 France Attached to Anzac Headquarters
10th April 1916 France Attached as escort to General Birdwood
26th March 1916 France Disembarked Marseille
19th March 1916 Egypt Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
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
28th September 1915 Australia Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion
4th August 1915 Australia Assigned to 6th Reinforcements
21st July 1915 Australia Marched into Broadmeadows 63rd Company depot

 

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