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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Taken on strength of 9th Bn, Gallipoli, 18 November 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 4 January 1916.

Admitted to No 2 Field Ambulance, Tel el Kebir, 15 January 1916, and transferred to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Cairo, the same day (influenza).

Marched out of 3rd Training Bn, Zeitoun, 17 March 1916, and rejoined 9th Bn.

Taken on strength of 49th Bn, Serapeum, 2 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 5 June 1916; disembarked, Marseilles, France, 12 June 1916.

Wounded in action, 14 August 1916, and admitted to Divisional Rest Station the same day (shell shock); transferred to No 5 Ambulance Train, 19 August 1916; to No 20 General Hospital, Etaples, 20 August 1916; to No 6 Convalescent Depot, Etaples, 6 September 1916; marched into 4th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 20 September 1916.

Rejoined 49th Bn, 17 October 1916.

Admitted to No 5 Australian Field Ambulance, 25 November 1916, and transferred to Casualty Clearing Station the same day (laryngitis)to No 11 Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 16 December 1916; to England, 23 December 1916; to Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, 24 December 1916 (bronchitis); to No 3 Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 26 January 1917; discharged to furlough, 31 January 1917, and to report to No 4 Command Depot, Wareham, 15 February 1917.

Found guilty, 9 February 1917, of while on sick leave, (1) drunkenness; (2) using obscene language to Actin Warrant Officer: awarded 68 hours' detention.

Taken on strength of 69th Bn, 23 March 1917.

Transferred to 49th Bn, 10 June 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 10 June 1917; marched into 4th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Le Harve, 11 June 1917.

Proceeded to unit, 1 July 1917; taken on strength of 49th Bn, 2 July 1917.

Admitted to No 13 Australian Field Ambulance, 3 February 1918 (trench fever); transferred to No 4 Australian Field Ambulance, 3 February 1918; to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 5 February 1918; to England, 7 February 1918; to Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, 8 February 1918; to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 1 March 1918; marched into No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 4 March 1918.

Marched into Overseas Training Bde, Longbridge Deverill, 23 April 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 15 May 1918; marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, 17 May 1918.

Proceeded to unit, 18 May 1918; rejoined unit, 23 May 1918.

Wounded in action (2nd occasion), 11 August 1918; admitted to No 10 Australian Field Ambulance, 11 August 1918 (gunshot wound, left leg); transferred to Casualty Clearing Station, 11 August 1918; to No 14 Ambulance Train, 11 August 1918; to No 10 General Hospital, Rouen, 12 August 1918; to England, 22 August 1918; to Military Hospital, Bethnel Green, 23 August 1918.

Died, 12 October 1918 (gunshot wound, broncho pneumonia, septic meningitis).

Buried Brookwood Cemetery, 1 November 1918.