William Lendrem enlisted 12.5.15 and embarked for the Middle East from Devonport on 1.2.16 arriving Alexandria two weeks later on 13.2.16. His first hospital visit followed shortly afterwards when he stayed at the Canadian Hospital in Abbassia from 23.2.16 through 4.3.16 with Diptheria. Discharged to the Rest Camp in Abbassia on 21.3.16 he rejoined his unit in Sidi Bishr, Sudan on 20.4.16. He was stationed here until moved to Ballah on 11.5.16. He was admitted on 23.3.17 to the hospital in Ballah, Sudan with sunstroke before transfer to the base hospital in Giza on 3.4.17. Rejoining his unit on 23.4.17 his pay was increased to Class II on 12.5.17 and then Class I on 1.7.17. On 5.12.17 he was admitted to the hospital base in Kantara, Cyprus with 'ICT arm'. He rejoined his unit on 19.12.17 in Jerusalem. We don't hear of him again until 31.5.18 when he strikes a superior officer and appears before a Court Martial. On 12.8.18 he contracts malaria and is admitted to the base hospital in Alexandria on 16.8.18.
