War service: Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 1 August 1916; found guilty, 7 August 1916, of playing cards after lights out, 7 August 1916: awarded 1 days; detention; absent without leave, 9 August 1916; re-embarked Fremantle, 22 September 1916; absent without leave, 19 October 1916; re-embarked Capetown, 24 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 16 November 1916.

Found guilty, 12 December 1916, of being absent without leave from 12.00 am, 6 December, until apprehended by Military Police in London at 8.00 pm, 8 December 1916: awarded 2 days? Field Punishment No 2; forfeited a total of 7 days? pay.

Proceeded overseas to France, 21 December 1916; marched into 2nd Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, 22 December 1916; proceeded to join unit, 17 January 1917; taken on strength, 28th Bn, France, 18 January 1917.

Admitted to 14th Australian Field Ambulance, France, 16 June 1917 (debility); transferred to 56th Casualty Clearing Station, 16 June 1917; to Ambulance Train, 28 June 1917; to 9th General Hospital, Rouen, 29 June 1917; embarked for England, 9 July 1917; admitted to 1st London General Hospital, 10 July 1917; transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 9 August 1917; discharged, 13 August 1917; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 13 August 1917.

Found guilty, 18 September 1917, of being absent without leave from 12.00 am, 14 September, to 5.00 pm, 16 September 1917: admonished; forfeited a total of 2 days? pay.

Commenced return to Australia, from England, on board HT ?Suevic?, 27 September 1917; failed to re-embark at Capetown, 27 October 1917; re-embarked on board HT ?Llanstephan Castle?, 9 November 1917; transhipped to HT ?Osterley?, Durban, 8 December 1917; discharged, 15 December 1917 (medically unfit).