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War service: Western Front

Embarked Brisbane, 21 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 10 January 1917.

Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, 26 January 1917 (epitheoloma). Charged the value of 1 dinner plate (2.5d), 5 March 1917. Discharged to 7th Training Bn, 31 March 1917.

Admitted to Fargo Hospital, 15 April 1917 (influenza); discharged to Depot, 24 April 1917, andmarched in to 7th Training Bn.

Admitted to Parkhouse Hospital, 4 May 1917 (mumps); discharged to duty, 22 May 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 19 June 1917; taken on strength, 25th Bn, in the field, 9 July 1917.

Attached for duty with 22nd Machine Gun Company, 15 September 1917; rejoined 25th Bn from detachment, 27 December 1917.

Admitted to 7th Field Ambulance, 28 December 1917 (pyrexia unknown origin); transferred to Divisional Rest Station; to 6th Field Ambulance, 2 January 1918; to Casualty Clearing Station, 5 January 1918; to 2nd Australian General Hospital, 8 January 1918; to England, 15 January 1918, and admitted same day to Quex Park Auxiliary Hospital, Kent (trench fever: slight); transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 8 February 1918; discharged on furlough, 11 February 1918, to report to No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 25 February 1918.

Commenced return to Australia for discharge (premature senility) on board HT 'Essex', 7 June 1918; disembarked Sydney, 1 August 1918, for onward travel to Brisbane; discharged, Brisbane, 19 August 1918.