Complex sentence: Neligan enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in August 1914, as a private in the Queensland-raised 9th Battalion of the 3rd Brigade, and was promoted to sergeant on 1 January 1915.
Split into simpler sentences: Neligan enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in August 1914, as a private in the Queensland-raised 9th Battalion of the 3rd Brigade. He was promoted to sergeant on 1 January 1915.