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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked, Sydney, 25 June 1915; taken on strength of 5th Bn, Gallipoli, 5 August 1915.

Admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station (dysentery), Anzac, 5 September 1915; to Malta, 10 September 1915; to England, 12 October 1915; admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, England, 20 October 1915; discharged, (date not available).

Found guilty, London, 21 January 1916, of (1) breaking bounds; (2) being absent without leave from, 15 January 1916, until, 21 January 1916: awarded 96 hours' detention; forfeited 6 days' pay.

Found guilty, London, 6 June 1916, of (1) breaking out of camp; (2) being absent without leave from, 31 May 1916, until, 5 June 1916: awarded 144 hours' detention; forfeited 6 days' pay.

Found guilty, 2 July 1916, of (1) being absent without leave from, 19 June 1916, until, 1 July 1916: awarded 48 hours' detention; forfeited 13 days' pay.

Marched into Perham Downs Command Depot, 8 August 1916.

Found guilty, 26 August 1916; of (1) direct disobedience of Orders, in that he failed to return to Camp on the expiration of his pass; (2) being absent without leave from, 17 August 1916, until, 23 August 1916: awarded 144 hours' detention; forfeits 12 days' pay.

Found guilty, Perham Downs, of (1) being absent without leave from, 31 October 1916, until, 4 November 1916: awarded 120 hours' detention; forfeits 10 days' pay.

Found guilty, Durrington, of (1) being absent without leave from midnight, 3 April 1917, until 3 pm, 14 April 1917: awarded 168 hours' detention; forfeited 21 days' pay.

Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital (Colitis), 26 April 1917; marched into 2nd Training Bn, Durrington, 25 May 1917; marched out to Weymouth Command Depot; commenced return to Australia per H.T 'Pakeha' for discharge (intermittent diarrhoea, colitis), 27 August 1917; disembarked, Melbourne, 1917; discharged (medically unfit: intermittent diarrhea, colitis), Melbourne, 30 November 1917.