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War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Ghezireh, 11 November 1915 (contused elbow); discharged to duty, 23 November 1915.

Admitted to Dermatological Isolation Hospital Abbassia, 25 January 1916; discharged to duty, 12 March 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 48 days.

Taken on strength, 13th Bn, Serapeum, 3 April 1916.

Admitted to No 3 Auxiliary hospital, Heliopolis, 15 April 1916 (deformed right foot); marched in to 4th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 9 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 7 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 14 June 1916; rejoined 13th Bn, in the field, 21 July 1916.

Admitted to 1st Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 23 August 1916 (varicocele); transferred to England, 6 September 1916, and admitted to Eastbourne Military Hospital, 7 September 1916 (operation); discharged on furlough, 13 October 1916, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 31 October 1916.

Found guilty, 28 October 1916, of being absent without leave from 3.30 pm, 28 October, till 4 pm, 30 October 1916: awarded 7 days confined to camp and forfeited 3 days' pay under Royal Warrant.

Admitted to Edmonton Military Hospital, 13 January 1917; discharged, 15 January 1917.

Marched in to 4th Training Bn, Codford, 15 January 1917.

Found guilty, Codford, 15 March 1917, of being absent without leave from 10 am, 3 February, till 8.15 pm, 1 March 1917: awarded 26 days' detention, and forfeited 56 days' pay.

Found guilty, Codford, 19 April 1917, of being absent without leave from Tattoo, 7 April, till 8 pm, 16 April 1917: awarded 15 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeiutre of a total of 27 days' pay.

Re-allotted Regimental No 3130A.

Proceeded overseas to France, 9 May 1917; rejoined 13th Bn, in the field, 17 May 1917.

Admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance, 2 October 1917 (scabies), and transferred same day to 50th Casualty Clearing Station; discharged to duty, 11 October 1917, and rejoined Bn, in the field, 14 October 1917.

Tried by Field General Court Martial, 7 November 1917, of charge of when on Active Service desertion, 15-19 October 1917; pleaded Not Guilty; found Guilty; awarded 10 years' penal servitude.

Admitted to No 3 Military Prison, Havre, 2 December 1917.

Sentence of 10 years commuted to 2 years' imprisonment with hard labour, 14 December 1917.

Remainder of sentence suspended as from date of release from prison, 26 November 1918; entrained to rejoin unit.

Admitted to 12th Australian Field Ambulance, 30 November 1918 (haermorrhoids); discharged, 3 December 1918, and rejoined unit sme day.

Found guilty, 15 December 1918, of falling outon line of march without permission: forfeited 1 day's pay.

Unexpired portion of sentence remitted by , 30 April 1919.

Marched out to England for return to Australia, 9 May 1919.

Found guilty, 2 June 1919, of overstaying leave from 2400, 29 May, to 1600, 30 May 1919: awarded forfeiture of 2 days' pay; total forfeiture: 3 days' pay.

Found guilty, 14 August 1919, of being absent without leave from 2359, 29 July, till reporting back to Camp at 0900, 6 August 1919: awarded forfeiture of 16 days' pay; total forfeiture: 24 days' pay.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ascanius', 23 September 1919; admitted to ship's hospital at sea, 5 October 1919 (scabies); discharged to duty, 12 October 1919; disembarked Sydney, 10 November 1919; discharged, Sydney, 10 December 1919.