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War service: Western Front

Disembarked Plymouth, 11 September 1916; marched into 2nd Training Bn Camp No 3, Perham Downs, 15 September 1916.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 15 May 1917 (gonorrhoea); discharged to 2nd Training Bn, 16 July 1917 (total period of treatment for venereal disease: 63 days).

Found guilty at Sutton Veny, 15 November 1917, of being absent without leave, 9.30 pm, 13 November, to 10.15 pm, 14 November 1917: awarded 5 days' Field Punishment No 2; forfeited total of 7 days' pay; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 23 November 1917; on command to Engineering Depot, Winchester, 29 November 1917; marched into No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 18 April 1918; marched into Longbridge Overseas Training Brigade, Deverill, 30 April 1918. Proceeded to France through Folkestone, 5 June 1918; marched into Australian Infantry Base Depot, Havre, 7 June 1918; moved into the field, 9 June 1918; taken on strength of 5th Bn, 12 June 1918.

Admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, 19 June 1918; transferred to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 20 June 1918 (acne); to 4th General Hospital, Camiers, 21 June 1918; to 26th General Hospital, Etaples, 23 June 1918; to 25th General Hospital, 26 June 1918; discharged to duty, 16 July 1918; marched into Australian Infantry Base Depot, Havre, 19 July 1918; moved into the field, 2 August 1918; rejoined unit from hospital, 4 August 1918.

Admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, 27 August 1918, and transferred to 53rd Casualty Clearing Station (acne); to Ambulance Train, 29 August 1918; to 5th General Hospital, Rouen, 30 August 1918; to No 2 Convalescent Depot, 30 August 1918. Proceeded to England on HS 'Archangel', 3 September 1918; admitted to Lord Derby War Hospital, Warrington, 4 September 1918; transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, 10 October 1918; discharged to Administration Headquarters for duty, London, 17 October 1918; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 13 November 1918. Transferred to 5th Bn on move out to Weymouth, 13 November 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on HT 'Somali', 10 December 1918; disembarked 3rd Military District, 8 February 1919. Discharged Melbourne, 2 July 1919.