War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Taken on strength of 9th Bn, Gallipoli, 6 May 1915.

Admitted to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 7 July 1915; transferred to HS 'Gascon', 7 July 1915 (gunshot wound, right hand and F.B. in eye); to Floriana Military Hospital, Malta, 18 July 1915; to Ghain Tufficha, 18 August 1915; to HS 'Franconia', 26 August 1915; to Military Hospital, Endell Street, London, 9 September 1915 (tonsils removed; 2nd right finger amputated); discharged to Woodcote Park Camp, Epsom, 20 October 1915.

Departed Monte Video Camp, Weymouth, to rejoin the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 21-22 February 1916; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 4 March 1915; marched into Overseas Base, Ghezireh, 5 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 27 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 3 April 1916.

Wounded in action (2nd occasion), 23 July 1916; admitted to No 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 24 July 1916 (shrapnel wound, right thigh); transferred to No 6 Convalescent Depot, Etaples, 3 August 1916; marched into 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 5 August 1916.

Admitted to No 18 General Hospital, 7 August 1916 (syphilis); discharged, 20 August 1916, and marched into 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, the same day; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 14 days.

Admitted to No 18 General Hospital, Etaples, 29 September 1916 (gonorrhoea); transferred to No 51 General Hospital, Etaples, 16 October 1916; discharged, 3 November 1916, and marched into 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, the same day: total period of treatment for venereal disease: 46 days.

Proceeded to unit, 8 March 1917; rejoined 9th Bn, 10 March 1917.

Admitted to Corps Mumps Station, 4 April 1917 (mumps); transferred to No 4 Field Ambulance, 12 April 1917; discharged, 10 May 1917; rejoined unit, 11 May 1917.

Detached to 3rd Bde Headquarters, 24 August 1917; rejoined unit, 11 October 1917.

Detached to Bde Dump, 21 October 1917; rejoined unit, 11 November 1917.

Admitted to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 16 February 1918 (valvular disease of the heart); transferred to No 25 Ambulance Train, 16 February 1918; to No 8 Stationary Hospital, 16 February 1918; to England, 27 February 1918 (debility); to Bath War Hospital, 28 February 1918; to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 15 March 1918; discharged to furlough, 27 March 1918; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 10 April 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Gaika' ; disembarked Melbourne, 5 July 1918; discharged Brisbane (medically unfit: valvular disease of the heart, gassed), 24 July 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal