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War service: Western Front

Embarked Adelaide, 12 July 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 September 1916.

Found guilty, Codford, 13 October 1916, of overstaying leave from midnight, 8 October 1916 to 6:00 am, 12 October 1916: awarded 7 days' detention and forfeited 11 days' pay.

Proceeded overseas to France, 20 November 1916; marched in to 4th Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, France, 21 November 1916; taken on strength of 48th Bn, 4 December 1916.

Admitted to 39th Casualty Clearing Station, 9 December 1916 (mumps); transferred to 2nd General Hospital, Havre, 12 December 1916; to No 4 Convalescent Depot, 1 January 1917; to Base Depot, Etaples, 12 January 1917; to 18th General Hospital, Camiers, 19 January 1917; discharged from hospital, 1 March 1917; marched out to unit, 10 March 1917.

Found guilty, Etaples, 12 March 1917, of drunkenness: awarded 28 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Rejoined 48th Bn, 15 March 1917.

Found guilty, 4 May 1917, of being absent from 2:00 pm Parade: awarded 14 days' confined to Camp.

Field General Court Marshal, 10 October 1917: charge: absent without leave from 7:45 am, 17 September to 7:00 pm, 22 September 1917; found guilty and sentenced to 30 days' Field Punishment No 2 and forfeited 53 days' pay.

Rejoined unit in the field, 27 November 1917; on leave to United Kingdom, 30 January 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 13 February 1918.

Admitted to 13th Australian Field Ambulance and transferred to 5th Casualty Clearing Station, 19 May 1918 (pyrexia); to 2nd Canadian General Hospital, 23 May 1918; discharged from hospital, 28 May 1918.

Marched out to unit, 8 June 1918.

Found guilty, Rouelles, 2 June 1918, of (1) drunkenness and (2) being absent without leave from 9:30 pm, 2 June 1918 to 8:00 am, 3 June 1918: awarded 28 days' Field Punishment No 1 and forfeited 29 days' pay.

Rejoined unit, 1 June 1918.

Found guilty, 11 August 1917, of being absent without leave for 6 hours: awarded forfeiture of 2 days' pay.

On leave to United Kingdom, 10 November 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 28 November 1918; marched out to England, 21 March 1919; marched in to Hurdcott Command Depot, England, 1 April 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Napier', 12 May 1919; disembarked Brisbane, 29 June 1919 (transhipped to HT 'Nestor' at Melbourne, 2 July 1919); discharged, 1 March 1920.