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War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked, 31 January 1916; with 7th Training Bn, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt, 17 April 1916.

Admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital (sick), Abbassia, 22 March 1916; discharged to duty, 3 April 1916.

Admitted to Fargo Hospital, England, 17 June 1916; discharged to duty at Rollestone, 20 June 1916; proceeded overseas to France, 25 July 1916; taken on strength of 25th Bn, France, 8 August 1916.

Admitted to 49th Casualty Clearing Station (gun shot wound forearm), 26 August 1916; to 5th General Hospital, 28 August 1916; to England, 1 September 1916; to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 1 September 1916; discharged to Perham Downs Command Depot, 21 October 1916; proceeded overseas to France via Folkestone, 19 November 1916; marched into Base Depot, France, 20 November 1916; proceeded to join unit, 2 December 1916; rejoined Bn, 3 December 1916.

Admitted to Divisional Rest Station (influenza), 16 December 1916; discharged to unit, 21 December 1916; rejoined Bn from Hospital, 26 December 1916.

Wounded in action and remained on duty, 21 October 1917; taken on strength of 22nd Machine Gun Company, 23 October 1917; on leave to the United Kingdom, 1 November 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 19 November 1917.

Admitted to 7th Australian Field Ambulance (pleurisy), 21 January 1918; discharged to duty, 27 January 1918.

Found guilty, 26 February 1918, of (1) being absent without leave from noon, 24 February 1918, until apprehended at 3:15 pm, 24 February 1918: awarded 2 days' Field Punishment No. 2.

Admitted to 6th Field Ambulance (influenza), 3 July 1918; to 49th Casualty Clearing Station, 4 July 1918; to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, 6 July 1918; discharged to duty, 9 August 1918; rejoined unit, 16 August 1918.

Admitted to 5th Field Ambulance (shrapnel wound, mouth), 2 September 1918; to 37th Casualty Clearing Station, 2 September 1918; to 5th General Hospital, Rouen, 3 September 1918; to England, 4 September 1918; admitted to Central Military Hospital, Weymouth, England, 5 September 1918; discharged to Weymouth Command Depot, 26 September 1918; marched into Sutton Veny Command Depot, 16 October 1918.

Admitted to Group Clearing Hospital (effort syndrome), 25 January 1919; marched into Sutton Veny Command Depot from Hospital, 1 February 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Liverpool on board of HT 'Balmoral Castle', 25 February 1919; disembarked, Melbourne for Brisbane, 14 April 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Brisbane, 20 June 1919.