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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Taken on strength, 11th Bn, Gallipoli, 16 June 1915. Admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance, 15 August 1915 (dysentery); transferred to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 15 August 1915; to St Patrick's Hospital, Malta, 25 August 1915; to England, 19 September 1915, and admitted to King George's Hospital, Stamford Street, London, SE, 16 September 1915. Formed part of No. 2 Draft to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 15 November 1915; rejoined unit, Mudros, 4 December 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 6 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 29 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 5 April 1916.

Wounded in action, 30 May 1916 (gun shot wound, buttock); admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 31 May 1916; transferred to 18th General Hospital, Camiers; to England, 11 June 1916, and admitted to King George Hospital, London, 12 June 1916; to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield (date not recorded); to Woodcote Park Convalescent Hospital, Epsom, 7 July 1916; discharged to No. 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 25 August 1916. Found guilty, 4 October 1916, of being absent without leave, 3 pm. 9 September, to 4 pm, 19 September 1916: admonished and forfeited 11 days' pay. Proceeded overseas to France, 14 December 1916; rejoined unit, 20 December 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 7 March 1917. Found guilty, 11 March 1917, of being absent without leave from 1800 until apprehended by Military Police, 2140, 11 March 1917: award: reverted to ranks permanently.

Reported missing in action, 16 April 1917; subsequently reported prisoner of war, interned Limburg, Germany.

Embarked at Calais for repatriation to England, 2 December 1918.

Discharged from the AIF in London, 15 March 1919.