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War service: Western Front

Embarked from Brisbane, 16 August 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 13 October 1916. Admitted to Military Hospital, Bulford, 4 November 1916 (venereal disease, contracted from a prostitute in London, 28 October 1916; stated he had contracted gonorrhoea 3 years previously; self treated); discharged from Military Hospital, Parkhouse, 12 December 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 73 days. Proceeded overseas to France, 8 February 1917; taken on strength, 49th Bn, 13 February 1917.

Admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance, 11 April 1917 (influenza); transferred to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Abbeville, 3 May 1917 (diptheria); to 5th Convalescent Depot, 8 May 1917; to 4th Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, 26 May 1917; rejoined Bn, 6 June 1917.

Found guilty, 25 June 1917, of being absent without leave from midnight, 22-23 June to 6 am, 23 June 1917: awarded 10 days' Field Punishment No. 2, and forfeited total of 11 days' pay.

Admitted to 11th Casualty Clearing Station, 29 June 1917 (otitis); transferred to 1st Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 1 July 1917; to 3rd Rest Camp, 2 July 1917; to England, 23 July 1917, and marched in to No. 2 Command Depot, Weymouth.

Commenced return to Australia for home service, 25 August 1917, Medical Board having found him permanently unfit for General Service due to deafness, condition existing prior to enlistment; disembarked Sydney, 26 October 1917, for onward travel to Brisbane; discharged, 24 November 1917.