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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Promoted Lance Corporal, Lemnos, 4 September 1915.

Admitted to 6th Field Ambulance, Anzac, 3 October 1915 (influenza); rejoined 22nd Bn, 10 October 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 26 March 1916.

Promoted corporal, 7 May 1916.

Wounded in action (gun shot wound, head; shell contusion, back), and admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 5 August 1916; transferred to 23rd General Hospital, Etaples, 6 August 1916; to England, 16 august 1916, and admitted to Herne Bay Hospital, Kent (wound: serious); taken on strength, 6th Training Bn, from No 1 Command Depot, 26 September 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 8 October 1916; appointed Acting Sergeant (with pay), 16 november 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 9 January 1917, and reverted to Corporal.

Admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance, 18 January 1917; transferred to 38th Casualty Clearing station, 21 January 1917; to 10th General Hospital, 24 January 1917 (trench feet); to England, 26 January 1917, and admitted to 4th Southern General Hospital, Plymouth, 27 January 1917; transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 9 March 1917; discharged on furlough, 16 March 1917, to report to No 4 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 2 April 1917.

Married Constance Muriel Pauline ASHWORTH, Register Office, Greenwich, 20 March 1917.

Marched in to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 13 April 1917.

Appointed Temporary Sergeant, 25 April 1917, and Sergeant same day.

Transferred to 66th Bn, 1 May 1917.

On Command, School of Musketry, Tidworth, 2 July 1917; rejoined 66th Bn from School of Musketry, 28 July 1917, having qualified as 1st Class with a fair working knowledge of the Lewis Gun.

Marched in to Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill, 17 September 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 9 December 1917; rejoined 22nd Bn, in the field, 16 December 1917.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 16 April 1918 (gun shot wound, hips & right buttock), and admitted to 20th Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, 17 April 1918; to England, 23 April 1918, and admitted to First Line Hospital, Clandon Park (affiliated with Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich); transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 31 May 1918; discharged on furlough, 31 May 1918, to report to No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 14 June 1918.

Marched out to Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill, 4 July 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 8 August 1918; rejoined 22nd Bn, in the field, 12 August 1918.

Marched out to England for return to Australia, 29 January 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ormonde', 16 June 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 1 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), 30 September 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal