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War service: Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 2 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 16 November 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 15 February 1917; marched into 2nd Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 16 February 1917.

Procceded to unit, 22 February 1917; taken on strength of 22nd Bn, 24 February 1917.

Wounded in action, 3 May 1917; admitted to No 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 3 May 1917 (shrapnel wound, left leg); transferred to Ambulance Train, 3 May 1917; to No 11 Stationary Hospital, Rouen, no date stated; to England, 17 May 1917; to No 1 Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, 18 May 1917 (gunshot leg, severe); discharged to furlough, 8 June 1917; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 23 June 1917 (class B1B).

Reclassified B1A3, 9 July 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 30 July 1917; marched into 2nd Australian Divisional Base Depot, Le Havre, 31 July 1917.

Rejoined 22nd Bn, 18 August 1917.

Wounded in action (2nd occasion), 3 October 1917, and admitted to No 3 Australian Field Ambulance the same day (gunshot wound, left leg); transferred to No 20 General Hospital, Camiers, 4 October 1917; to England, 8 October 1917; to No 2 Military Hospital, Canterbury, 8 October 1917; to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 10 October 1917; discharged and marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 15 October 1917.

Marched into No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 27 October 1917.

Classified B1A3, 19 November 1917.

Reclassified B1A4, 24 November 1917.

Taken of Permanent Cadre of No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 1 January 1918.

Transferred to 22nd Bn, 22 February 1918, after marching out of Drafting Company, No 3 Command Depot.

Marched into Overseas Training Bde, 12 March 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 2 April 1918; marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, 3 April 1918.

Proceeded to unit, 10 April 1918; rejoined 22nd Bn, 20 April 1918.

Wounded in action (3rd occasion), 19 May 1918; admitted to No 3 Australian Field Ambulance, 19 May 1918; transferred to Casualty Clearing Station, no date stated; to St John's Ambulance Brigade, Etaples, 20 May 1918 (gunshot wound, spine); to England, 23 May 1918; to King George Hospital, 23 May 1918 (gunshot wound, fractured spine; dangerously ill); to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 19 November 1918; discharged, 13 December 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT "Karoola", 13 December 1918; disembarked, 29 January 1919; discharged Melbourne (medically unfit: total loss of power in both legs with marked wasting frigidity), 30 April 1920.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal