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Joined 5th Light horse Regiment, Gallipoli, 7 July 1915.

Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Heliopolis, 19 September 1915 (influenza); discharged (fit for light duty), 25 September 1915; rejoined unit, Gallipoli, 14 November 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 25 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Found guilty, 1 January 1916, of (1) being absent without leave, 6.30 am-7.30 am, and 9.30 am-12.30 pm parade; (2) being drunk in camp: admonished, and forfeited 1 day's pay.

Found guilty, 25 January 1916, of being absent without leave, 8 am, 14 January, to 6.30 pm, 23 January 1916: awarded 7 days' confined to camp, and forfeited 9 days' pay.

Found guilty, 31 January 1916. of being absent from parade, 9.30 am to 12.30 pm, 29 January 1916: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment no 2, and forfeited a total of 8 days' pay.

Found guilty, 18 February 1916, of (1) being absent without leave, 6.30 am, 3 February, to 9 pm, 18 February; (2) being absent from defaulters' parade while under sentence: awarded 28 days' detention, and forfeited a total of 44 days' pay.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Abbassia, 19 February 1916; discharged, 3 March 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 14 days.

Found guilty, 29 March 1916, of being absent from parades on 24 and 25 March 1916: forfeited 1 day's pay.

Taken on strength, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Dueidar, 30 April 1916.

Found guilty, 24 July 1916, of being absent without leave, 2359, 18 July, to 1130, 20 July 1916: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 10 days' pay.

Found guilty, 4 October 1916, of entering a Sergeants' canteen and representing himself as a sergeant: awarded 14 days' confined to barracks.

Found guilty, 6 December 1916, of losing by neglect beef from iron rations: awarded 1 day's Field Punishment No 2.

Admitted to 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, Rafa, 16 June 1917 (septic sores, arms); transferred to Welsh Casualty Clearing Station, 17 June 1917; to 24th Stationary Hospital, 19 June 1917; to Hospital Train, and admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 21 June 1917.

Found guilty, 8 July 1917, of being absent without leave from 7 pm, 6 July, to 1.20 am, 7 July 1917: deprived of 7 days' pay, and forfeited 1 day's pay under Royal Warrant.

Transferred to British Red Cross Hospital, Montazah, 17 July 1917.

Taken on strength, 2nd Light Horse Training Regiment, Moascar, 27 July 1917.

Transferred to, and taken on strength of, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 21 September 1917.

Found guilty, 24 February 1918, of (1) when on Active Service being absent from Defaulters' Parade; (2) breaking out of camp while undergoing confined to camp, 24 February 1918: awarded 28 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 28 days' pay, and a further 2 days' pay.

Marched in to Field Punishment Compound, Moascar, 26 February 1918.

Admitted to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, 7 August 1918 (venereal disease: syphilis); rediagnosed syphilis and malaria, 10 September 1918 (pay forfeiture ceased); rediagnosed syphilis, 5 October 1918 (pay forfeiture commenced); rediagnosed gingivitis, 14 October 1918; discharged, 22 October 1918, and marched into Rest Camp, Port Said; total period of treatment for venereal disease (and forfeiture of pay): 43 days.

Marched out to Detention, 30 October 1918.

Found guilty, 31 October 1918, of (1) breaking off from 0845 parade on 31 October without permission; (2) breaking arrest, 31 October 1918: awarded 10 days' Field Punishment No 2; total forfeiture of pay: 10 days.

Rejoined 5th Light Details from detention, 9 November 1918.

Admitted to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, 15 November 1918 (fractured skull: severe: kick on right side of neck while intoxicated; no one else to blame; 'not sufficient evidence for conviction'); transferred to Port Said Rest Camp, 1 December 1918.

Founsd guilty, 23 January 1919, of drunkenness at Moascar: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Marched in to Anzac Training Regiment, Moascar, 5 February 1919.

Rejoined 5th Light Horse Regiment, 15 February 1919.

Admitted to 44th Stationary Hospital, 18 March 1918 (hernia); discharged, 15 April 1919; rejoined 5th Light Horse Regiment, 31 May 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Kantara on board HT 'Madras', 27 June 1919; disembarked sydney, 3 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Brisbane, 4 October 1919.

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