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War service: Western Front

Embarked Fremantle, 9 August 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 25 September 1916; marched into 13th Training Bn, Rollestone, 26 September 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 4 December 1916; marched into 4th Australian Divisional Base Depot, 5 December 1916, and reverts to the rank of Private.

Admitted to No 26 General Hospital, Etaples, 20 December 1916 (influenza); transferred to No 6 Convalescent Depot, 10 January 1917 (laryngitis); to No 5 Convalescent Depot, Cayeux, 17 January 1917; discharged and marched into 4th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 17 February 1917.

Proceeded to unit, 24 February 1917; taken on strength of 32nd Bn, in the field, 25 February 1917.

Admitted to No 8 Australian Field Ambulance, 10 April 1917 (debility); transferred to 5th Divisional Rest Station, 11 April 1917; to No 56 Casualty Clearing Station, 13 April 1917; to No 23 Ambulance Train, 14 April 1917; to No 32 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, 15 April 1917; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 24 April 1917; to No 10 Convalescent Depot, Ecault, 26 April 1917; to No 3 Rest Camp, 24 May 1917; marched into 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Le Havre, 4 June 1917.

To England, 19 June 1917 (tuberculosis, fit for permanent base duties); marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 20 June 1917 and classified Class C.1. the same day

Detached to 12th Training Bn, Codford, 27 June 1917.

Admitted to Group Clearing Hospital, Codford, 3 August 1917 (scabies); marched into 12th Training Bn, Codford, 8 August 1917.

Marched into No 2 Command Depot from No 4 Command Depot, 6 September 1917 (Class C.3).

Marched into No 4 Command Depot, Weymouth, 21 September 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Lyttleton', 19 October 1917; disembarked Fremantle, 5 December 1917; discharged Perth (medically unfit: debility, dilated heart), 27 December 1917.