TIMELINE August 1916

Tuesday, 1 August 1916

Darcy KEATING (4^th Battalion) left Egypt aboard the HT Lake Manitoba, and arrived in England on 19^th August 1916.

Wednesday, 2 August 1916

Frank HUMPHREY (60^th Battalion) left Alexandria bound for France on the Transport Francovia.

Thursday, 3 August 1916              

Walter James GOODLET (4^th Pioneer Battalion) was wounded in action at Becourt Wood in France, with a shrapnel wound to his left arm, which was later amputated.

Saturday, 5 August 1916               

Victor QUINTON (4^th Pioneer Battalion) was wounded in action at Pozieres in France, and evacuated with shellshock.

Sunday, 6 August 1916  

Bernard COYTE (13^th Battalion), Percy George BROWN (54^th Battalion), Allan COLQUHOUN  (13^th Battalion), and several other Coo-ees left Alexandria aboard RMS Megantic bound for England, arriving in England later in the month.

Oliver James HARMON (4^th Pioneer Battalion), Spencer John LETCHER (45^th Battalion), Jack MORRIS (45^th Battalion), Karl Alex Frederick NIELSON (4^th Pioneer Battalion),  and John TARLINGTON  (4^th Pioneer Battalion) were killed in action in the Battle of Pozieres in France.

William WEBBER (45^th Battalion) was wounded with shellshock in the Battle of Pozieres, and sent back to the 1^st Australian Rest Station. Sidney HEUSTON (45^th Battalion) was wounded in action in the vicinity of Pozieres, with a gunshot wound to the right hip.

Ronald Hector PERKINS (1^st Light Horse Regiment) was admitted to hospital in Ismallia, Egypt with an injury to his shoulder.

Monday, 7 August 1916

William Emerton HUNTER (45^th Battalion) was killed in action during the Battle of Pozieres in France.

Ernest Stephen TAYLOUR (45^th Battalion) was wounded in action with shellshock in the vicinity of Pozieres.

Tuesday, 8 August 1916

Rowland John WILSON (45^th Battalion) was killed in action when the 45^th Battalion was holding the line between Pozieres and Martinpuich.

Lewis LEOVILLE (45^th Battalion) died of wounds at the 13^th Australian Field Ambulance in the village of Warloy in France.

Ernest Stephen TAYLOUR (45^th Battalion) George SEAMAN (45^th Battalion) were both wounded in action with shellshock in the vicinity of Pozieres.  Jack WIGGINS (45^th Battalion) was wounded in action in the vicinity of Pozieres with a gunshot wound to his face.

Wednesday, 9 August 1916        

Albert PEARCE (1^st Battalion) and Leo Ambrose STINSON  (20^th Battalion) embarked from Sydney on the HMAT A14 Euripides, and arrived in Plymouth on 26^th October 1916.

Friday, 11 August 1916  

Robert HICKEY (13^th Battalion) was wounded in action at Pozieres.

Saturday, 12 August 1916            

Charles CREASE (45^th Battalion) was wounded in action with a shrapnel wound to his hand between Pozierres and Martinpuich.  Joseph Raymond McGUIRE (45^th Battalion) received a shrapnel wound to his wrist near Pozieres.

William ALSTON (Imperial Camel Corps) embarked from Sydney on the RMS Mongolia, and arrived in Egypt on 2^nd September 1916.

Monday, 14 August 1916             

William Laurence HUNT (45^th Battalion) was slightly wounded in action between Pozieres and Martinpuich, France.

Wednesday, 16 August 1916      

Charles Henry HUNT (45^th Battalion) was wounded in action with shellshock while the 45^th Battalion was  between Pozieres and Martinpuich.

Thursday, 17 August 1916            

Alfred WARDROP was admitted to hospital in Rouen, France, with a gunshot wound to the right hand, and sent to England a few days later and admitted to the 3^rd General Hospital in London for treatment.

Harold Roy Devlin UHR (13^th Battalion) arrived in Australia from Port Suez on the H.T. Clan McGillivray sick with Influenza.

Saturday, 19 August 1916

Frank HUMPHREY (60^th Battalion) was admitted to the No. 7 Canadian Stationary Hospital at Le Harve in France with Bacillary Dysentery.

Tuesday, 22 August 1916             

Robert Clyde CAMPBELL (13^th Battalion) and two other Coo-ees embarked from Sydney on the HMAT A18 Wiltshire, bound for Plymouth in England.

Wednesday, 23 August 1916      

Frank HUMPHREY (60^th Battalion) died of disease (Bacillary Dysentery) after being hospitalised 4 days before at the No. 7 Canadian Stationary Hospital at Le Harve, France.

Lightfoot Lamonby HAMPSON (4^th Division Ammunition Column) was evacuated sick with Influenza when the 4^th Division Ammunition Column was at Acquin, France.

Thursday, 24 August 1916

Sydney CARVER (45^th Battalion) was promoted to Corporal in France.

Tuesday, 29 August 1916             

During the Battle of the Somme, when the 13^th Battalion was attacking Mouquet Farm, Robert AYRES (13^th Battalion) was wounded in action with shellshock, and Leslie Webster GREENLEAF (13^th Battalion) was wounded in action, with a gunshot wound to his right hand.

George DAVIDSON (4^th Pioneer Battalion) was wounded in action in the vicinity of Avoca Valley near La Boisselle in France, with shrapnel wound to his left arm.

Wednesday, 30 August 1916      

Alan John Burnett EASTERBROOK (13^th Battalion) was wounded in action with minor shrapnel wounds at Mouquet Farm. Joseph HEALEY (13^th Battalion) was wounded in action in the vicinity of Mouquet Farm, and evacuated with shellshock.

William Joseph MUNRO (13^th Battalion) was reported missing in action at Mouquet Farm, and was later reported as being captured as a prisoner of war.

George EWENS (45^th Battalion) was wounded in action with a gunshot wound to his leg and back in the vicinity of Mouquet Farm.

Arthur CUMMINGS (1^st Battalion) who had embarked from Sydney on the HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22^nd August 1916 disembarked at Freemantle in Western Australia sick.

Thursday, 31 August 1916            

James CRAWFORD (13^th Battalion) received a gunshot wound to his back while the 13th Battalion was being relieved from the vicinity of Mouquet Farm, and was evacuated to the 49th Casualty Clearing Station.