6/03/1915- To No. 10 Depot Company WA as Private
2/06/1915- Joined 28th Battalion ” B ” Company Blackboy Hill WA
22/07/1915- To Overseas Training Base Egypt
4/09/1915- Embarked Alexandria Egypt with Mediterramean Expeditionary Forces for Gallipoli Peninsula
10/01/1916- Disembarked Alexandria Egypt ex Mudros ex Gallipoli
12/02/1916- Appointed LANCE CORPORAL in the field Egypt
21/03/1916- Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria Egypt
29/07/1916- Wounded in Action Pozieres France ( Gunshot Wound Chest )
30/07/1916- Admitted 13th Stationary Hospital Rouen France ex No. 2 Field Ambulance ex No. 4 Casualty Clearing Station
2/08/1916- Evacuated/Admitted 2nd Northern General Hospital Leeds England ex Boulogne France
18/09/1916- Admitted Woodcote Park Hospital England- Noted wounds to Face, Chest and Arm
31/10/1916- To 7th Training Battalion Rollestone England ex Perham Downs
13/11/1916- Admitted Fargo Military Hospital England ( Injury to Arm )
27/11/1916- Discharged from Hospital to Training Battalion Rollestone England
6/03/1917- Appointed EDP CORPORAL at Training Battalion Rollestone England
14/06/1917- Proceeded Overseas France ex Southampton ex Rollestone
3/07/1917- Rejoined 28th Battalion in the field Bapaume France ex Wounded
25/07/1917- Promoted TEMPORARY CORPORAL in the field France
17/10/1917- Promoted TEMPORARY SERGEANT in the field Belgium
4/12/1917- Granted Leave Paris France
14/12/1917- Rejoined Battalion in the field Belgium ex Leave
28/02/1918- Granted Leave England
16/03/1918- Rejoined Battalion in the field France ex Leave
29/04/1918- Promoted SERGEANT in the field France
1/07/1918- To 5th Training Battalion Fovant England ex Folkestone ex France
17/07/1918- To Rifle Course at Australian School of Musketry Tidworth England
17/08/1918- Qualified First Class with fair working knowledge of Lewis Gun, then returned to 5th Training Battalion Fovant
17/10/1918- To 1st Training Battalion Sutton Veny England as Instructor
9/11/1918- To 2nd Training Brigade Fovant England
9/12/1918- To RBAA Heytesbury England
30/12/1918- To No. 2 Command Depot Weymouth England for return to Australia
4/01/1919- Embarked England for Australia per ” Morvada ”
6/04/1919- Discharged from Service
Medals Awarded :-
1914/1915 Star – No. 4932
British War Medal – No. 3434
Victory Medal – No. 3430
*** Miss Lillian Parker confirmed that she visited her Uncle ” Willie ” at his farm in Uduc Road, Harvey WA, when she was quite a young girl .