| Date of enlistment | 28th June 1915 |
| Rank at enlistment | Private |
| Company | C Company |
| Significant events while with the AIF | Wounded in Action – Pozieres |
Summary of Private Rout’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455
| Date | Location | Event |
| 2nd March 1917 | Australia | Discharged from AIF |
| 31st December 1916 | Australia | Disembarked |
| 12th November 1916 | England | Return to Australia from Portland on HT Wiltshire |
| 17th October 1916 | England | Transferred to 1st Auxiliary Hospital Harefield |
| 31st August 1916 | England | Admitted to 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth |
| 30th August 1916 | France | Embarked for England from Le Havre on HS Makim |
| 10th August 1916 | France | Admitted to No.6 General Hospital Rouen |
| 5th August 1916 | France | Wounded in Action – gunshot wound to chest (severe). Admitted to 44 CCS |
| 2nd April 1916 | France | Absent without leave – forfeit of 10 days pay |
| 26th March 1916 | France | Disembarked at Marseille |
| 19th March 1916 | Egypt | Proceeded to join BEF from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle |
| 8th January 1916 | Egypt | Taken on Strength at Tel-el-Kabir |
| 25th October 1915 | Egypt | Disembarked Alexandria |
| 29th September 1915 | Australia | Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley |
| 25th September 1915 | Australia | Re- assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion |
| 19th July 1915 | Australia | Assigned to 8th Reinforcements 14th Battalion |
| 30th June 1915 | Australia | Marched in to depot |

FIRST WORLD WAR TIMELINE