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War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, Divisional Ammunition Column, Cairo, 15 November 1915, and posted to No 3 Section.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 26 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 2 April 1916.

Transferred to 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 11 January 1917. and posted to No 2 Battery.

Admitted to 6th Field Ambulance, 15 February 1917 (inconscious); discharged to duty, and rejoined unit, 16 February 1917.

Proceeded on leave, 17 May 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 3 June 1917.

Tried by Field General Court Martial, 18 February 1918, on charges of (1) when on Active Service drunkenness; (2) striking his superior Officer in the execution of his office: found Not Guilty on charge 1; Guilty on charge 2: awarded 72 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance, 13 April 1918; discharged to duty, 25 April 1918 (no further details recorded).

Found guilty, 12 July 1918, of (1) hesitating to obey an Officer; (2) insolence to a superior Officer: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Marched in to Field Punishment Compound, 12 July 1918.

Marched out to England for return to Australia, 3 February 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Devonport on board HT 'Suffolk', 12 April 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 5 June 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Melbourne, 28 July 1919.