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War service: Egypt, Western Front

Marched in to camp, Zeitoun, Egypt, 7 March 1916.

Admitted to No 1 Dermatological Hospital (venereal disease), 16 March 1916. Total period of treatment: 6 days.

Taken on strength, 47th Bn, 1 April 1916.

Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria, 2 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 9 June 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 6 July 1916.

Wounded in action, 7 July 1916 (gun shot wound, foot), and admitted to 2/1 South Midland Division Station (self-inflicted wound), and transferred to 4th Field Ambulance; admitted to 8th Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, 10 September 1916; transferred to England, 11 September 1916, and admitted to Northumberland Hospital, 14 September 1916; transferred to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Weymouth, 17 October 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 24 January 1917; rejoined unit, 6 February 1917.

To hospital, sick, 7 June 1917; marched out to unit, 20 June 1917.

Absent without leave from 7 August to 24 October 1917: found guilty by General Court Martial and sentenced to 12 years' penal servitude for desertion. Admitted to No. 1 Military Prison, Dunkirk, 18 December 1917. Sentence commuted to 2 years, 31 December 1917. Released from prison, 18 November 1918 and entrained for unit; remainder of sentence suspended as from date of release.

Transferred to 48th Bn from 47th Bn, 20 November 1918.

Transferred to England, 10 February 1919, to commence return to Australia. Sentence of 12 years previously suspended now remitted, 14 February 1919.

Married Irene Lilian WILLIAMS, St Pancras Registry Office, London, 3 March 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board 'City of Exeter', 12 July 1919; disembarked Sydney, 26 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), 27 September 1919.