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War service: Western Front

Embarked Adelaide, 21 September 1916.

Found guilty, at sea, 28 September 1916, of being absent without leave from 1030 hours, 26 September 1916, until 1200 hours, 27 September 1916: awarded 7 days' confined to barracks and forfeits 2 days' pay by Royal Warrant.

Disembarked Plymouth, 14 November 1916.

Found guilty, 4 December 1916, of while on active service, absenting himself without leave in that he overstayed his leave from 2400 hours, 30 November 1916, until 2130 hours, 1 December 1916: awarded 7 days' confined to camp and forfeits 1 day's pay by Royal Warrant.

Found guilty, 29 December 1916, of being absent without leave from 2130 hours, 20 December 1916, until 0900 hours, 29 December 1916: awarded 28 days' Field Punishment No 2 and a total forfeiture of 37 days' pay.

Proceeded overseas to France, 4 February 1917; marched into 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 4 February 1917.

Marched out to unit, 8 February 1917; taken on strength of 32nd Bn, in the field, 9 February 1917.

Admitted to No 4 Australian Field Ambulance, 12 February 1917 (dental); transferred to 5th Divisional Rest Station, 12 February 1917 (dental and furculosis); discharged to duty, 23 February 1917.

Admitted to No 1 South Midland Casualty Clearing Station, 27 February 1917 (furculosis); transferred to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 1 March 1917; discharged, 22 March 1917; marched into 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 27 March 1917.

Marched out to unit, 4 April 1917; rejoined 32nd Bn, 6 April 1917.

Admitted to No 8 Australian Field Ambulance, 28 July 1917, and transferred to No 42 Stationary Hospital the same day (venereal disease: gonorrhoea); discharged from No 39 General Hospital, Le Havre, and marched into 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Le Havre, 17 September 1917.

Admitted to No 39 General Hospital, Le Havre, 21 September 1917 (not yet diagnosed); transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 26 September 1917 (venereal disease: gonorrhoea); attached to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station for duty and treatment, 28 September 1916.

Admitted to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 27 April 1918 (influenza); discharged to duty, 14 May 1918.

Marched out of No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 26 October 1918; marched into Cycle Base, Le Havre, 28 October 1918.

Proceeded to unit, 8 November 1918; rejoined 32nd Bn, 10 November 1918.

On leave to England, 17 November 1918; rejoined unit, 2 December 1918.

Admitted to No 8 Australian Field Ambulance, 30 December 1918 (fissure in ano); transferred to No 5 Casualty Clearing Station, 30 December 1918; to No 42 Ambulance Train, 6 January 1919; to No 6 General Hospital, Rouen, 7 January 1919; to England, 22 January 1919; to Paddington Military Hospital, Harrow Road, 23 January 1919; to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 3 February 1919; discharged on furlough, 6 February 1919.

Admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 10 February 1919 (venereal disease); discharged, 16 March 1916 (total period of treatment for venereal disease: 35 days); readmitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 17 March 1919; discharged and marched into Convalescent Training Depot, Parkhouse, 24 March 1919.

Marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 1 April 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Medic', 10 April 1919.

Found guilty, Capetown, 3 May 1919, of being absent without leave from 2300 hours, 2 May 1919, until 0020 hours, 3 May 1919: award, forfeited 2 days' pay.

Admitted to Ship's Hospital, 14 May 1919 (pyrexia of unknown origin); discharged, 18 May 1919.

Disembarked Adelaide, 27 May 1919; discharged Adelaide (termination of period of enlistment), 4 July 1919.

Total war service: 2 years 341 days (of which 2 years 249 days were abroad).