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War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 2 May 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 23 June 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 21 November 1916. Detached to 9th Field Company Engineers, 19 January 1917; rejoined 34th Bn, 28 February 1917. Detached to 2nd Tunnelling Company, 16 March 1917; rejoined Bn, 2 April 1917.

Wounded in action, 7 June 1917 (shrapnel wound, right shoulder, right chest, left leg); admitted to 1st Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 8 June 1917; transferred to England, 13 June 1917, and admitted same day to Temporary Hospital, Exeter. Granted furlough, 10-24 July 1917, to report to No. 3 Command Depot. Proceeded overseas to France, 15 August 1917; rejoined 34th Bn, 26 August 1917.

Admitted to 15th Casualty Clearing Station, 15 October 1917 (piles); transferred to 9th General Hospital, Rouen, 17 October 1917; to England, 26 October 1917, and admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, 27 October 1917 (piles: severe); discharged, 28 November 1917, to report to No. 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 29 November 1917. Marched out to No. 4 Command Depot, 18 December 1917; to Overseas Training Brigade, 6 April 1918. Proceeded overseas to Fraqnce, 1 May 1918; rejoined Bn, 8 August 1918.

Detached to Divisional School, 1 July 1918; rejoined Bn, 9 July 1918. Detached to 4th Army Rest Camp, 26 July 1918; rejoined Bn, 11 August 1918.

Accidentally injured, 19 August 1918 (building a dugout with Lt F.F. Hebbard, Hebbard's pick struck Frisk on the left hand and inflicted a moderate injury on the second finger); admitted to No. 1 Australian General Hospital, 21 August 1918; transferred to No. 2 Convalescent Depot, 25 August 1918; rejoined unit, 10 October 1918.

On leave to Scandinavia, 1 April 1919; proceeded to United Kingdom, 6 April 1919. Married Edith Annie SAUNDERS at St John's Presbyterian Church, High Road, Tottenham, 8 May 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board 'Port Lincoln', 24 July 1919; disembarked Sydney, 20 September 1919; discharged, 14 November 1919.