War service: Egypt, Palestine

Taken on strength, Compositional Light Horse Regiment, Heliopolis, 20 November 1915; allotted to 11th Light Horse Regiment, Heliopolis, and taken on strength, 9 March 1916; marched out to Camel Transport and General Base Depot, Tel-el-Kebir, 26 April 1916; marched into Moascar, 1 July 1916.

Admitted to 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, Beliah, and transferred to 74th Casualty Clearing Station, 19 February 1918; to 43rd Stationary Hospital, 24 February 1918 (dysentry); to 44th Stationary Hospital, 28th February 1918; to 14th Australian General Hospital, Port Said, 6 March 1918; to Rest Camp, 15 March 1918; discharged to 4th Light Horse Training Regiment, Moascar, 3 April; marched out to 11th Light Horse Regiment, Palestine, and taken on strength, 16 April 1918.

Admitted to 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, Palestine, 7 May 1918, and transferred to Australian Receiving Station (bomb wound, thigh); to 66th Casualty Clearing Station, 9 May 1918; to 47th Stationary Hospital, Gaza, 13 May 1918; to 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 14 May 1918; to 14th Australian General Hospital, Port Said, 15 May 1918.

Embarked Suez on HT 'Port Darwin', 12 July 1918; disembarked Sydney, 17 August 1918. Discharged, 20 March 1919.