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War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 22 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 21 December 1915, and proceeded to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force the same day.

Admitted to No 5 Field Ambulance, Tel el Kebir, 26 January 1916, and transferred to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Ghezerieh, the same day (pyrexia of unknown origin); discharged to Overseas Base, Cairo, 9 February 1916.

Rejoined 6th Australian Field Artillery Bde, Ismailia, 7 March 1916.

Remustered as a Driver, 15 March 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 March 1916.

Attached to 2nd Australian Divisional Artillery Headquarters, 10 October 1916; rejoined unit, 22 October 1916.

Admitted to No 8 Australian Field Ambulance, 26 January 1917 (diarrhoea); discharged, 1 February 1917; rejoined unit, 2 February 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 26 July 1917; rejoined unit, 15 August 1917.

Wounded in action, 24 April 1918; admitted to No 11 Australian Field Ambulance, 24 April 1918, and transferred to No 4 Casualty Clearing Station the same day (gassed); to No 9 General Hospital, Rouen, 25 April 1918; to England, 28 April 1918; to Reading War Hospital, 30 April 1918 (gassed, slight); to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 17 June 1918; to No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 6 July 1918; discharged to furlough, 6 August 1918; marched into No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 20 August 1918.

Found guilty, 17 October 1918, of neglecting to obey an order: awarded 2 days' confined to barracks.

Found guilty, 16 November 1918, of being absent without leave from 2400 hours, 12 November 1918, until 1830 hours, 15 November 1918: awarded 4 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeits 4 days' pay.

Marched into Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot, 30 November 1918.

Attached to No 2 Group Clearing Hospital, 2 December 1918; marched into Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot, 9 December 1918.

Marched into No 2 Command Depot, 12 December 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Denison', 25 March 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 10 May 1919; discharged Melbourne (medically unfit), 24 September 1919.