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War service: Western Front

Embarked, Brisbane, 7 September 1916; disembarked, Plymouth, England, 2 November 1916; marched into 7th Training Bn, Rollestone, 21 November 1916; proceeded overseas to France via Folkestone, 13 December 1916; marched into 2nd Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, France, 14 December 1916; proceeded to join unit, 16 December 1916; taken on strength of 25th Bn, 18 December 1916.

Found guilty, 2 January 1917, of (1) neglecting to obey an order in that he appeared on parade with boots undubbined: forfeits 1 day's pay.

Found guilty, 12 January 1917, of (1) being late on parade on, 10 January 1917: admonished.

Found guilty, 6 August 1917, of (1) being absent without leave from 8:30 am, 3 August 1917, until 9 pm, 3 August 1917: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No. 2; forfeited 8 days' pay.

Admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance (multiple gun shot wounds), 31 October 1917; to 10th Casualty Clearing Station; admitted to 24th General Hospital, Etaples, 1 November 1917; transferred to England, 15 November 1917; admitted to War Hospital, Napsbury, England, 15 November 1917; transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hopsital, Harefield, 21 January 1918; discharged on furlough from 13 February 1918, until, 27 February 1918, to report to Weymouth Command Depot; marched into to Weymouth Command Depot, 28 February 1918.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 16 April 1918; discharged, 29 May 1918: total period of venereal disease, 44 days; marched into Weymouth Command Depot, 29 May 1918.

Found guilty, 18 June 1918, of (1) neglect to obey Australian Imperial Force Depot Order 2256 of, 16 October 1917, in that he was found in Weymouth at 10:15 pm, 16 June 1918, without a pass from his commanding officer: awarded 7 day's detention.

Embarked, Plymouth, for return to Australia on board HT 'Malta', 31 July 1918; disembarked, Melbourne, 28 September 1918; discharged (medically unfit), Brisbane, 4 July 1920.