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War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 22 August 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 13 October 1916.

Married Florence May ABRAHAM, spinster, aged 30, Parish Church, Roydon, Essex, 23 October 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 13 December 1916; joined 2nd Bn, in the field, 18 December 1916.

Admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance, 25 May 1917 (myalgia) ; transferred to 56th Casualty Clearing Station, 1 June 1917 (trench feet); to No 6 General Hospital, Rouen, 5 June 1917 (cardiac: valvular disorder of the heart); to No 2 Convalescent Depot, Rouen, 21 June 1917; discharged to Base Depot, Havre, 23 July 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 26 November 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 4 February 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 22 February 1918.

Found guilty, 21 July 1918, of being absent without leave, 10 am to 8.15 pm, 20 July 1918: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 1 day's pay under Royal Warrant.

Wounded in action, 18 September 1918 (gun shot wound, left shoulder), and admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance, and transferred to 20th Casualty Clearing Station; to No 6 General Hospital, Rouen, 19 September 1918; to England, 22 September 1918, and admitted to Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester (gun shot wound: severe); discharged on furlough, 11 November 1918, to report to No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 25 November 1918.

Granted leave without pay and allowances, 18 December 1918 to 18 March 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Benalla', 8 October 1919; disembarked, Sydney, 29 November 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 23 January 1920.