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War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 20th Bn, 5 February 1916.

Admitted to 7th Field Ambulance, 14 February 1916 (venereal disease); transferred to 5th Field Ambulance Hospital, 21 February 1916; discharged to duty, 21 February 1916: total period of treatment for venereal disease, 14 days; rejoined unit, Kanimbla Valley, 27 February 1916.

To Field Ambulance Hospital, 29 February 1916; rejoined unit, Moascar, 4 March 1916.

Struck off strength of 20th Bn as medically unfit, 17 March 1916; taken on strength, Overseas Base, Ghezireh, 17 March 1916.

Admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 1 April 1916 (ingrown toenails); transferred to Convalescent Depot, Montazah, 11 April 1916; to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel-el-Kebir, 17 April 1916 (influenza); taken on strength, 5th Training Bn, Tel-el-Kebir, 18 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join British Expeditionary Force, 9 May 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 18 May 1916.

Taken on strength, 2nd Aystralian Division Base Depot, 5 June 1916.

Rejoined 20th Bn, 6 July 1916.

Found guilty, France, 18 August 1916, of (1) drunkenness, 14 August 1916; (2) breaking out of billets and absent without leave from 6.30 pm, 15 August, till apprehended by Military Police at 11 pm, 14 August 1916: awarded 28 days Field Punishment No 1; forfeited a total of 28 days pay.

Admitted to Field Ambulance, Belgium, 8 September 1916 (venereal disease); transferred to 10th Casualty Clearing Station, France, 8 September 1916; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 9 September 1916; to 18th General Hospital, Camiers, 10 September 1916; discharged to Base Details, 3 November 1916: total period of treatment for venereal disease, 57 days; marched into 2nd Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, 3 November 1916.

Found guilty at Court Martial, Etaples, 26 November 1916, of being absent without leave from 6 am, 6 November, until apprehended by Military Police at 4.45 pm, 23 November 1916: awarded 12 months Imprisonment with Hard Labour, later commuted to 90 days Field Punishment No 1: forfeited a total of 110 days pay.

Marched out to Field Punishment, Etaples, 1 December 1916; marched into 2nd Australian Division Base Depot from Field Punishment Compound, 17 February 1917.

Admitted to 26th General Hospital, Etaples, 27 February 1917 (inflammation of connective tissues, right knee); embarked for England, 31 March 1917; admitted to Ipswich Auxiliary Hospital, England, 31 March 1917; to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 20 April 1917; discharged on furlough, 30 April 1917, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 15 May 1917.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 28 May 1917 (venereal disease); discharged to Depot, 5 July 1917: total period of treatment for venereal disease, 39 days; marched into No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 6 July 1917.

Found guilty, 9 July 1917, of (1) being absent without leave from 3.30 pm, 15 May, to 9 pm, 26 May 1917; (2) being in possession of another soldier's pass: awarded 13 days Field Punishment No 2; forfeited a total of 27 days pay.

Admitted to Fovant Military Hospital, 8 September 1917 (boils); transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 8 October 1917; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 12 October 1917; marched out to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 27 October 1917.

Admitted to Fovant Military Hospital, 10 November 1917 (inflammation of connective tissues, ingrown toenails); discharged to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 27 November 1917.

Found guilty, 3 January 1918, of being absent without leave from midnight, 28 December 1917, to 10 pm, 2 January 1918: awarded 7 days Field Punishment No 2; forfeited a total of 12 days pay.

Marched out to Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill, 9 January 1918; proceeded overseas to France, 17 January 1918; marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Havre, 18 January 1918.

Found guilty, 6 April 1918, of being in town without a pass, and being in possession of spirtis: forfeited a total of 10 days pay.

Marched out to unit, 10 April 1918; rejoined 20th Bn, France, 10 April 1918.

Wounded in action, France, 11 July 1918; admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance, 11 July 1918 (shrapnel wound, cranium); transferred to 5th Casualty Clearing Station, 11 July 1918; died of wounds, 12 July 1918; buried, 13 July 1917.