War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Adelaide, 11 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 16 December 1915.

Found guilty, Tel el Kebir, 20 February 1916, of disobedience of orders, failing to appear at time and place appointed: awarded 7 days' confined to barracks, and forfeited 1 day's pay.

Admitted to 15th Field Ambulance, 6 March 1916, 9 March 1916 (influenza); transferred to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 10 March 1916; rejoined Bn, 20 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

On Command (Transport), Abbeville, 1 July 1916; rejoined Bn, 4 July 1916.

Appointed Acting Lance Corporal, 6 July 1916; reverted to Driver, 2 August 1916.

Admitted to 8th Field Ambulance, 6 October 1916 (herpes), and transferred same day to 5th Divisional Rest Station; to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 11 October 1916; discharged to unit, 24 October 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 27 October 1916.

Admitted to Anzac Rest Station, 23 December 1916 (influenza); transferred to 36th Casualty Clearing Station, 8 January 1917 (phthisis); to 6th General Hospital, 9 January 1917 (debility); to No 2 Convalescent Depot, Rouen, 17 January 1917; to Base Depot, 27 January 1917 (classified TB).

Admitted to 26th General hospital, Etaples, from 26th General Hospital, 17 February 1917 (bronchitis); transferred to England, 26 February 1917 (pulmonary tuberculosis), and admitted to War Hospital, Norfolk; transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 11 April 1917; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 16 May 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Euripides', 21 July 1917; disembarked Melbourne (date not recorded) for onward travel to Adelaide; discharged (medically unfit: phthisis, tuberculosis), Adelaide, 22 March 1918.