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War service: Egypt, Palestine

Disembarked Suez, 11 March 1917; marched into Isolation Details Camp, Moascar, 11 March 1917.

Taken on strength, 1st Light Horse Training Regiment, Moascar, 26 March 1917.

To School of Instruction, Zeitoun, Egypt, 3 April 1917; passed Hotchkiss Course as Gunner; returned to unit, 14 April 1917.

Transferred to 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 24 April 1917; taken on strength, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Shellal, 1 May 1917.

Found guilty, 6 June 1917 of conduct to the prejudice of good order in that he failed to report loss of his rifle to a responsible officer when the opportunity for recovering it existed: forfeited a total of 6 days’ pay.

To hospital, El Gamli, 31 July 1917 (sick); admitted to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, 1 August 1917 (debility); transferred to 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 1 August 1917; to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, 14 August 1917; discharged to duty, 14 August 1917.

To hospital, 30 August 1917; admitted to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, 30 August 1917 (varicocele); transferred to 74th Casualty Clearing Station, 30 August 1917; to 43rd Stationary Hospital; to 36th Stationary Hospital, 31 August 1917 ; discharged to duty, 16 September 1917; marched into and taken on strength, 1st Light Horse Training Regiment, Moascar, 18 September 1917.

Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, 25 September 1917 (varicocele); discharged, 16 October 1917; taken on strength, 1st Light Horse Training Regiment, 17 October 1917.

Transferred to 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 30 November 1917.

Attached to Anzac Details, Richon, 8 May 1918.

Marched into and attached to Anzac Mounted Division Headquarters, 17 May 1918; to School of Instruction, 26 May 1918; rejoined unit, 23 June 1918.

Admitted to 66th Casualty Clearing Station, 28 June 1918; transferred to 76th Casualty Clearing Station, 1 July 1918 (pyrexia of unknown origin); to No 24 Stationary Hospital, 3 July 1918; to No 14 Australian General Hospital, Port Said, 5 July 1918; to Rest Camp, 24 August 1918; discharged to duty, 1 September 1918; marched into 1st Light Horse Training Regiment, 1 September 1918; marched out to 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12 September 1918; taken on strength,15 September 1919.

To hospital, 8 October 1918 (sick); admitted to Anzac Receiving Station, 10 October 1918 (malaria); transferred to 66th Casualty Clearing Station, 15 October 1918; to 76th Casualty Clearing Station, 19 October 1918; to No 44 Stationary Hospital, 22 October 1918; to No 31 General Hospital, Abbassia, 22 October 1918; discharged to duty, 21 November 1918; rejoined unit, Moascar, 21 November 1918; marched out to 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 28 November 1918; rejoined 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 29 November 1918.

Admitted to 34th Casualty Clearing Hospital, 7 February 1919 (sick); discharged to duty, 18 February 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Kantara, Egpyt, on board HT ‘Ulimaroa’, 13 March 1919; admitted to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance whilst at sea, 18 April 1919; disembarked Sydney, 21 April 1919; admitted to No 4 Australian General Hospital, Randwick, 21 April 1919; died of disease, 25 April 1919 (malaria and blackwater fever).