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War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 22 May 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 18 July 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 29 August 1916; taken on strength, 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, in the field, 30 September 1916.

Admitted to 6th London Field Ambulance, 28 October 1916 (pterygium, eye), and transferred same day to 10th Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 15, 29 October 1916, and admitted to 35th General Hospital, Calais; transferred to England, 4 November 1916, and admitted to 4th Northern General Hospital (pterygium: severe); discharged to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 17 April 1917; discharged on furlough, 11 May 1917.

Marched in to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 22 May 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 9 July 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 15 July 1917.

Admitted to 12th Australian Field Ambulance, 9 August 1917 (bronchitis), and transferred to 4th Division Rest Station; to 12th Casualty Clearing Station, 10 August 1917 (debility); to 24th General Hospital, 13 August 1917; to England, 19 August 1917, and admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, 20 August 1917; discharged on furlough, 11 September 1917, to report to No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 25 September 1917.

Admitted to Camp Isolation Hospital, Hurdcott, 23 August 1918, and transferred same day to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford; discharged, 10 October 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 49 days.

Marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 11 October 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Gaika' for discharge (debility, overage), 8 November 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 29 December 1918, for onward travel to Brisbane; discharged (medically unfit), Brisbane, 8 February 1919.