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War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Cairo, 13 February 1916, and posted to No 3 Section.

Mustered as Driver, 8 March 1916.

Taken on strength, 23rd Battery, Tel el Kebir, 9 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 22 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 March 1916.

Transferred to 21st Field Artillery Brigade, 15 May 1916.

Found guilty, 8 June 1916, of neglecting to carry out an order: awarded 2 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Transferred to 2nd Brigade, 24 January 1917, and posted to 4th Battery.

On leave to England from Belgium, 24 August 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 10 September 1917.

Admitted to 1st Australian Division Rest Station, 23 October 1917 (contusion, right foot); transferred to Casualty Clearing Station, 24 October 1917; to 11th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 26 October 1917; to England, 16 November 1917, and admitted to Military Hospital, Sutton Veny (injury: slight); discharged on furlough, 30 November 1917, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 4 December 1917.

Admitted to Military Hospital, Sutton Veny, 13 January 1918 (bronchitis); discharged to No 1 Command Depot, 29 January 1918.

Admitted to Military Hospital, Sutton Veny, 11 March 1918 (wound, right ankle); transferred to 2nd Southern General Hospital, Bristol, 13 March 1918; discharged to No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 30 March 1918.

Admitted to Group Clearing Hospital, Sutton Veny, 1 April 1918 (wound, ankle); discharged, 26 April 1918.

Admitted to Group Clearing Hospital, Sutton Veny, 30 May 1918 (influenza); marched in to No 1 Command Depot from hospital, 4 June 1918.

Marched out to Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill, 19 July 1918.

Marched in to Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery, Heytesbury, 2 August 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 23 September 1918; rejoined 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, in the field, 29 August 1918.

Marched out to England for return to Australia, 20 March 1919; disembarked Weymouth, 21 March 1919.

Found guilty, 26 March 1919, of being absent without leave from 0900, 22 March, to 1600, 25 March 1919: forfeited 3 days' pay; total forfeiture: 7 days' pay.

Commenced return to Australia from Devonport on board HT 'Soudan', 12 May 1919; disembarked Sydney, 30 June 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Sydney, 25 August 1919.