2502 Reginald James SHARPLES

Date of enlistment	30^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	D Company; transferred to 57th Battalion
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action Hospitalised sick on three occasions Field General Court Martial: returned to Australia and sentenced to 1 year imprisonment with hard labour Re-enlisted with 57th Battalion after prison sentence, and appointed Corporal

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

Date	Location	Event
5^th June 1919	Australia	Discharged
10^th March 1919	Australia	Disembarked Melbourne
18^th January 1919	England	Return to Australia on Ulysses
13^th December 1918	England	Absent without leave – forfeit of 6 days pay
13^th November 1918	England	Transferred to 3^rd Auxiliary Hospital Dartford
2^nd October 1918	France	Invalided to England and admitted 2^nd West General Hospital Manchester
30^th September 1918	France	Admitted to 6^th General Hospital Rouen
29^th September 1918	France	Wounded in Action – gunshot wound left wrist
25^th December 1917	France	Taken on strength with 57^th Battalion
18^th December 1917	England	Proceeded from 15^th Training Battalion overseas from Southampton to Le Havre
7^th November 1917	England	Discharged back to Tidworth base
4^th November 1917	England	To military hospital sick – influenza
26^th August 1917	England	Disembarked Liverpool on A29, and reverts to ranks. Transferred to 15^th Training Battalion Hurdcott
21^st June 1917	Australia	Embarked at Melbourne on HMAT A29 Suevic and promoted to Corporal
26^th January 1917	Australia	Marched in to recruitment depot Royal Park
24^th January 1917	Australia	Released from custody
20^th January 1917	Australia	Re-enlisted as Pte 3470 57^th Battalion
16^th January 1917	Australia	Approval given for re-enlistment into the Australian army
11^th January 1917	Australia	Request to re-enlist back into AIF
21^st July 1916	Australia	Discharged from AIF
2^nd June 1916	Australia	Sent to Pentridge prison
31^st May 1916	Australia	Arrived back in Australia
29^th April 1916	Egypt	Returned to Australia on Seang Bee from Suez, and one year hard labour
13^th April 1916	Egypt	Transferred back to Abbassia detention centre
28^th February 1916	Egypt	Admitted No.3 Auxiliary Hospital – sick (Pyrexia – fever)
15^th February 1916	Egypt	Field General Court Martial held at Sinai Peninsula. Charge of prejudice to good order and military discipline that he uncoupled carriages on troop train when in motion en-route Palais-de-Kubla to Tel-el-Kebir. Sentence 12 months Imprisonment with Hard Labour. Total forfeiture 405 days pay
7^th January 1916	Egypt	Arrested on charge of uncoupling carriages on troop train when in motion en-route Palais-de-Kubla to Tel-el-Kebir
12^th November 1915	Egypt	Discharged from hospital and returned to unit
30^th October 1915	Egypt	Admitted to Heliopolis hospital with injured knee
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Embarked Melbourne on RMS Osterley
24^th September 1915	Australia	Re-assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
15^th August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 11^th Battalion
30^th July 1915	Australia	Marched in to depot