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First enlisted 7 February 1916, Mining Corps, 3rd Company; did not embark.

War service: Western Front

Embarked, Sydney, 25 November 1916; disembarked, Devonport, England, 25 January 1917; marched out to Wareham, 25 January 1917; marched into 9th Training Bn from Sutton Mandeville, Larkhill, 3 March 1917.

Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital (cut right ankle), 15 April 1917; discharged to Depot, 24 April 1917; marched into 9th Training Bn from Hospital, 24 April 1917.

Found guilty, 21 May 1917, of (1) being absent without leave from 8 am, 10 May 1917, until apprehended at 8:45 pm, 17 May 1917: awarded 8 day's Field Punishment No 2; forfeits 14 days' pay.

Reported absent without leave, 21 May 1917.

Admitted to Bulford Dermatological Hospital (venereal disease), 18 June 1918; discharged to 9th Training Bn, 26 July 1917, total period of treatment for venereal disease: 39 days.

Found guilty, 29 July 1917, of (1) while undergoing Field Punishment No 2 on, 22 May 1917, remaining absent until surrendering himself to Military Police at London at 9:30 pm, 17 June 1917, note period from, 18 June 1917, to, 26 July 1917, spent in Bulford Hospital: awarded 27 days' detention, forfeits 54 days' pay.

Marched into 9th Training Bn from Detention Barracks, 22 August 1917; reported absent without leave from, 24 September 1917; apprehended, 25 October 1917; absent without leave from, 27 October 1917; declared an illegal absentee, 18 October 1917; apprehended, 31 January 1918; absent without leave, 17 February 1918; declared an illegal absentee, 12 March 1918; apprehended, 16 September 1918; marched out to Lewis Detention Barracks from Fovant, 9 October 1918.

District General Court Martial, held at Fovant, 30 September 1918, charges: (1) absent without leave from, 23 September 1917, until apprehended at London at 6:15 am, 24 October 1917; (2) when on active service deserting his Majesty's Service from 12:20 am, 27 October 1917, until apprehended in London at 6 pm, 31 January 1918; (3) being absent without leave from 4 am, 17 February 1918, until apprehended in London at 11 pm, 16 September 1918; findings: guilty of all charges, 2nd charged guilty of absence without leave; sentence: 2 years' detention; forfeited 1,103 days' pay.

Discharged from Lewes Detention Barracks to Codford Command Depot, 24 May 1919, 494 days remaining on sentence now remitted; marched into Codford Command Depot, 26 May 1919; reported absent without leave from, 25 June 1919, apprehended, 2 July 1919; reported absent without leave from, 16 June 1919; returned from being absent without leave, 23 June 1919; reported absent without leave from, 6 July 1919; apprehended, 18 August 1919; declared an illegal absentee, 23 August 1919.

District General Court Martial, held at Australian Imperial Force Headquarters, Sutton Veny, 9 September 1919, charges: (1) absenting himself without leave in that he at Codford at 11:59 pm, 21 June 1919, absented himself without leave until he was apprehended at Paddington at 11:30 am, 23 June 1919; (2) absenting himself without leave from Codford at 8 pm, 25 June 1919, until apprehended at Paddington on, 2 July 1919; (3) absenting himself without leave from Codford at 9 am, 7 July 1919, until apprehended in London at 1:30 pm, 18 August 1919; findings: guilty on all three charges except charge 3 he was absent from , 26 July 1919, until, 18 August 1919; sentence: 50 days' detention.

Admitted to Lewis Detention Barracks, 16 September 1919; discharged to Sutton Veny Command Depot, 13 October 1919, 8 days' remaining on sentence remitted; marched into Sutton Veny Command Depot, 23 October 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Aeneas', 22 November 1919.

Admitted to Ship Hospital (sick), at sea, 13 December 1919; discharged, 18 December 1919; disembarked, Sydney, 12 January 1920; discharged, Sydney, 27 January 1920.