The AIF Project

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney on HMAT 'Argyllshire', 11 May 1916.

Found guilty at sea, 10 June 1916, of (1) being absent without leave for 4 hours, and (2) drunkenness: awarded 3 days' detention; disembarked Plymouth, England, 10 July 1916.

Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, 13 August 1916 (contusion, head); discharged to 9th Field Artillery Brigade, 25 August 1916. Transferred to 23rd Field Artillery Brigade, Larkhill, and taken on strength, 10 September 1916. Transferred to 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, 26 October 1916; taken on strength of 3rd Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park, 27 October 1916.

Found guilty at Bath, 20 November 1916, of being absent without leave for a period of 48 hours: awarded 3 days' confinement to barracks, fine of 3 days' pay; forfeited total of 5 days' pay.

Proceeded to France, 25 November 1916.

Admitted to No 1 Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 28 November 1916 (gonorrhoea); transferred to No 2 Convalescent Depot, Rouen, 9 May 1917; discharged to duty, 14 May 1917 (total period of treatment for venereal disease: 168 days); marched into 5th Australian Infantry Base Depot, Etaples, 17 May 1917; moved out from depot, 23 May 1917; marched into Training Depot, Rouen, 24 May 1917; moved into the field, 8 June 1917; rejoined 3rd Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park from hospital, 12 June 1917.

Found guilty at Rouen, 4 June 1917, of being absent without leave, from reveille, 1 June, to 9.10 pm, 2 June 1917: awarded 7 days' confinement to barracks, fine of 3 days' pay; forfeited total of 5 days' pay; rated as Private, 20 October 1917.

Found guilty in the field, 8 December 1917, of neglecting to obey Company orders insofar as he kept a fire burning in a hut between the hours of 9.00 am and 3.00 pm, 6 December 1917: awarded 14 days' confinement to barracks; proceeded on leave to the United Kingdom, 25 February 1918.

Found guilty in Dublin, 9 March 1918, of drunkenness, 8 March 1918: awarded fine of 5 days' pay; rejoined unit from leave, 12 March 1918. Transferred to 3rd Australian Division Motorised Transport Company.

Found guilty in the field, 29 June 1918, of being absent without leave, 6.00 pm, 27 June, to 8.00 pm, 29 June 1918: awarded a fine of 14 days' pay; forfeited total of 16 days' pay; moved out from the field, 10 April 1919. Proceeded to England, 16 April 1919; disembarked Southampton, 17 April 1919; marched into No 5 Group, 17 April 1919.

Found guilty at Littlemoor, 13 May 1919, of being absent without leave, 10.00 pm, 13 May, to 11.30, 15 May 1919: awarded a fine of 3 days' pay, forfeited total of 6 days' pay.

Embarked Devonport on HT 'Beltana' and commenced return to Australia, 2 June 1919.

Found guilty at sea, 27 June 1919, of being absent without leave at Cape Town, 11.30 pm, 24 June, to 9.45 am, 25 June 1919: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No 2; forfeited total of 15 days' pay; disembarked Brisbane, 19 July 1919. Discharged Brisbane, 4 September 1919.