Item 03: Walter Bruce Rainsford diary, 1 January 1916-31 December 1916 - Page 160

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[Page 160]

Date of enlistment in the A.I.F. – 15.10.14
"      " leaving Sydney – 25.11.14
First batch from Unit disembarked at
Alexandria & left for Cairo – 18.1.15
I left with third batch for Mena – 20.1.15
Transferred from Mena to Gezira – 16.5.15
Promoted to Sergeant – 1.10.15
Transferred from Gezira to Heliopolis – 14.3.16
Embarked for France 25/3/16, sailed from Alex. – 26.3.16
Disembarked at Marseille – 5.4.16
Arrived Boulogne (Wimereux) – 1.7.16
Promoted Staff Sergt. – 28.11.16
Went on 6 days leave to Paris – 22.10.16

[Transcribed by Eric Hetherington for the State Library of New South Wales]

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