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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 16 August 1915.

Admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, and transferred to HS 'Maheno', 1 October 1915 (cellulitis: knee); transferred to No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 5 October 1915 (poisoned knee); discharged to duty, 25 October 1915.

Embarked Alexandria, 7 November 1915; rejoined Bn, Gallipoli, 11 November 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria from Mudros, 9 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 25 March 1916.

Admitted to hospital, 15 April 1916; taken on strength, 20th Bn, from hospital, 22 April 1916 (no further details recorded).

Wounded in action, 26 July 1916 (gun shot wound, left leg); admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, 2 August 1916, and transferred to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station; to 4th General Hospital, Camiers, 4 August 1916; to No 6 Convalescent Depot (date not recorded); to Base Depot, Etaples, 20 September 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, Belgium, 7 October 1916.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 10 November 1916 (gun shot wound, right cheek), and admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, and transferred to 38th Casualty Clearing Station; to 11th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 12 November 1916; to Base Depot, Etaples, 17 November 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 27 November 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 3 November 1916.

Promoted Temporary Corporal, 17 January 1917; reverted to substantive rank of Lance Corporal, 18 February 1917.

Wounded in action (third occasion), 26 February 1917 (gun shot wound, right leg), and admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, and transferred to 45th Casualty Clearing Station; to 5th General Hospital, Rouen, 28 February 1917; to England, 1 March 1917, and admitted to 5th Southern General Hospital, Portsmouth, 2 March 1917; discharged on furlough, 21 April 1917, to report to Command Depot, Perham Downs, 7 May 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 22 May 1917; marched in to 2nd Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, 23 May 1917.

Admitted to 40th Stationary Hospital, Harfleur, 28 June 1917 (pyrexia, unknown origin); transferred to No 6 Convalescent Depot, 10 July 1917, and then to Base Depot; rejoined Bn, in the field, 17 July 1917.

Wounded in action (fourth occasion), 20 September 1917 (shrapnel wound, right knee), and admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance, and transferred to 10th Casualty Clearing Station; to 1st Canadian General Hospital, 21 September 1917; to England, 26 September 1917, and admitted to Military Hospital, Bethnal Green; transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 17 October 1917; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 2 November 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Durham Castle', 10 March 1918; transshipped to HT 'Orontes', Cape Town, South Africa, departing 19 April 1918; disembarked Sydney, 12 May 1918; discharged (medically unfit), 12 June 1918.