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2nd Lieutenant

Lieutenant

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 9 May 1915.

Admitted to 'Deaconess Hospital' Alexandria, 9 June 1915 (scalded foot); transferred to Convalescent Camp, Ras el Tin, 22 June 1915; rejoined unit, Gallipoli, 2 July 1915.

Appointed 2nd Lieutenant, 11 August 1915.

Admitted to 13th Casualty Clearing Station, and transferred to Mudros, 8 September 1915 (gastro-enteritis); to Malta, 12 September 1915, and admitted to Blue Sisters Hospital; to England, 17 September 1915; no further details on B103 until: promoted Lieutenant, Gallipoli, 28 November 1915.

Taken on strength, 1st Light Horse Reserve Regiment, Ismailia, 1 March 1916.

Transferred to 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, 11 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 20 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 27 March 1916.

Transferred to 4th Field Artillery Brigade, 23 May 1916, and posted to 10th Battery.

Transferred to 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, 18 June 1916.

Promoted Captain, 21 January 1917.

On leave, 25 May 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 9 June 1917.

Transferred to 4th Field Artillery Brigade, 7 February 1918, and taken on strength of 12th Battery.

Admitted to 4th London Field Ambulance, 12 June 1918 (accidental injury: fractured fibula), and transferred to 20th Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 38, 14 June 1918, and admitted to 5th British Red Cross Hospital, Wimereux, 15 June 1916; transferred to England, 15 June 1918, and admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, 16 June 1918; transferred to Gerstley Hall Hospital, 23 June 1918.

Tried by General Court Martial, held in the field, 1 June 1918: 1st charge: In a certificate signed by him knowingly making a false statement, in that he on the 4th September 1917 signed an Acquittance Roll certifying that the amount of £10.15.0 advanced to himself had been entered in his paybook, whereas no such entry had been made by him. 2nd charge: Conduct to the prejudice of good order and Military Discipline in that he on the 4th September 1917 in his capacity as Paying Officer fraudulently did not enter in his paybook an advance of £10.15.0 made to himself. 3rd charge: In a certificate signed by him knowingly making a false statement in that he on the 6th day of November 1917 signed an Acquittance Order Roll certificate certifying that the amount of £19.6.0 advanced to himself had been entered in his paybook whereas no such entry had been made by him. 4th charge: Conduct to the prejudice of good order and Military Discipline in that he on the 25th day of November 1917 in his capacity as Paying Officer fraudulently did not enter in his pay book an advance of £19.6.0 made to himself. 5th charge: In a certificate signed by him knowingly making a false statement in that he on the 3rd day of January 1918 signed an Acquittance Roll certifying that an amount of £6.12.0 advanced to himself had been entered in his paybook whereas no such entry had been made by him. 6th charge: Conduct to the prejudice of good order and Military Discipline in that he on 3rd January 1918 in his capacity of Paying Officer fraudulently did not enter in his paybook an advance of £6.12.0 made to himself. 7th charge: In certificates signed by him knowingly making false statements in that he on the 11th day of January 1918 signed Acquittance Rolls certifying that the amount of £16.10.0 advanced to himself had been entered in his paybook whereas the actual amount so entered by him in his paybook was £13.18.8. 8th charge: Conduct to the prejudice of good order and Military Discipline in that he on the 15th day of January 1918 in his capacity as Paying Officer fraudulently entered in his paybook the sum of £13.18.8 as the amount of an advance whereas the actual amount paid by him was £16.0.0.

Pleaded Not Guilty to all charges.

Found Guilty on charges1, 3 and 5; Not Guilty on charges 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8. Sentenced to take rank and precedence in the AIF and in his unit as if his appopintment as Captain bore the date of 21 February 1918, and reprimanded.

Appointment terminated in the United Kindom in consequence of being medically unfit, 14 October 1918.