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Lieutenant Colonel

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Proceeded to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 15 May 1915.

Admitted to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Anzac Cove, 31 August 1915, and transferred to Mudros the same day; to HS 'Gloucester Castle', 2 September 1915; disembarked Alexandria, 4 September 1916, and to 19 General Hospital the same day (diarrhoea and debility); to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 21 October 1915; proceeded to England, 22 October 1915; to No 3 London General Hospital, Wandsworth, 31 October 1915; placed on Supernumerary List of Officers, 1 December 1915; discharged, 25 January 1916.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Arawa', 27 January 1916.

Taken on strength of 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Moascar, Egypt, 12 August 1916.

Appointed to command 3rd Australian Camel Regiment, Egypt, 3 September 1916.

To temporarily command Anzac Rest Camp, Port Said, 29 October 1916, and taken on strength of Anzac Rest Camp the same day.

To Cairo, 10 December 1916; attached for duty with 4th Australian Camel Regiment, Abbassia, 13 December 1916.

Transferred to, and taken on strength of Reserve Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Abbassia, 7 February 1917.

To be Major, 25th Bn, 9 April 1917.

Struck off strength of 6th Light Horse Regiment, 15 March 1916, and embarked for England the same day; reported to Australian Imperial Force Headquarters, 29 March 1917, and sent to Perham Downs to await instructions; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 31 March 1917.

Marched out to Larkhill, 4 April 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 4 April 1917; marched into base depot, France, 7 April 1917.

Proceeded to unit, 8 April 1917; taken on strength of 25th Bn, 14 April 1917.

Transferred to, and taken on strength of 54th Bn, 21 June 1917.

Reported to Senior Officers' School, Aldershot, England, 8 October 1917; on leave after completion of Senior Officers' Course, 16 December 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 29 December 1917; rejoined 54th Bn, 1 January 1918.

To command 56th Bn, 3 March 1918, and is granted rank of Temporary Lieutenant Colonel whilst commanding; taken on strength of 56th Bn, 3 March 1918.

To 2nd Army Musketry School, 13 March 1918; rejoined unit, 16 March 1918.

Wounded in action, 25 April 1918, and relinquishes the rank of Temporary Lieutenant Colonel the same day; admitted to No 14 Australian Field Ambulance, 25 April 1918 (gassed); transferred to No 20 Casualty Clearing Station, 25 April 1918; to No 10 British Red Cross Hospital, Le Treport, 26 April 1918; to England, 4 May 1918; to No 3 London General Hospital, Wandsworth, 5 May 1918; to No 5 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Wellin, 25 May 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Malta', 31 July 1918 (gas poisoning asthma); disembarked Melbourne, 28 September 1918.

Died, St Kilda Private Hospital, 28 March 1919 (gangrene, hydatid of lung, gas poisoning); buried Church of England Cemetery, Waverley, 29 March 1919.