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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Egypt for Gallipoli, 5 April 1915.

Father wrote to Base Records, 30 April 1915, asking that in the event of his son being killed, wounded, or invalided, 'his name should not, under any circumstances, appear in the press' or in any lists, lest such news prove fatal to his wife who was in Melbourne Hospital with a heart condition.

Admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Mudros East, 16 September 1915 (dysentery); discharged, 18 October 1915; transferred to England, 21 October 1915, and admitted to Military Hospital, Fulham, London, 27 October 1915 (dysentery: slight).

Admitted to Denmark Hill Hospital, 31 December 1915; discharged, 28 January 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 29 days; forfeited 29 days' pay.

Returned to Egypt, 25 March 1916; taken on strength of Engineers Training Depot, Signal Section, Tel el Kebir, 18 April 1916.

Allotted to 2nd Divisional Signal Company, and embarked to join the British Expeditionary Force, 10 May 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 16 May 1916. Appointed Acting Corporal, with pay, 24 June 1916, and proceeded to join unit, 1 September 1916; reverted to Sapper, 3 September 1916.

Found guilty, 19 September 1916, of, while 'in the field', being absent without leave from Tattoo, 9 pm, to 9.10 pm, 18 September: awarded 3 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Taken on strength, 4th Divisional Signal Company, 22 September 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 2 June 1917.

Wounded in action, 18 October 1917 (gun shot wound, left buttock), and admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance; transferred same day to 10th Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 20, and transferred 55th General Hospital, Boulogne, 19 October 1917; to England, 4 November 1917, and admitted to Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, 5 November 1917. Discharged on furlough, 27 November 1917, to report to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 28 November 1917.

Marched in to Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill, 22 January 1918.

Marched in to Engineers Training Depot, Signal Section, Clifton, 15 February 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 26 February 1918; rejoined 4th Divisional Signal Company, in the field, 1 March 1918.

Promoted Temporary 2nd Corporal, 1 August 1918; reverted to Lance Corporal, 14 September 1918.

Promoted 2nd Corporal, 14 September 1918.

Proceeded on leave to Australia: embarked Havre, 12 October 1918; disembarked Southampton, 13 October 1918, and admitted to Parkhouse.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Lyttleton', 23 October 1918; arrived Melbourne, 25 December 1918; discharged, Melbourne, 23 February 1919.