War service: Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 4 April 1916 [disembarked Egypt. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force?]; disembarked Marseilles, France, 17 May 1916.

Taken on strength, 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, 29 September 1916.

Admitted to 47th Divisional Rest Station, 25 February 1917 (pyrexia); discharged to duty, 1 March 1917.

Found guilty, 26 September 1917, of when on Active Service, being absent without leave from 11 am, 19 September, to 11 am, 20 September 1917 (24 hours): awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Wounded in action, 13 March 1918 (gassed), admitted to 1/1 West Riding Field Ambulance, and transferred to 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 28, 16 March 1918, and admitted to 7th Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 17 March 1918; to 6th Convalescent Depot, Etaples, 26 March 1918; to 5th Convalescent Depot, Cayeux, 26 March 1918; to Base Depot, Rouelles, 5 April 1918; rejoined unit, in the field, 14 April 1918.

Admitted to 9th Australian Field Ambulance, 6 July 1918 (pyrexia, unknown origin); discharged to duty, 10 July 1918; rejoined unit, in the field, 10 July 1918.

On leave, 9 August 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 15 August 1918.

Admitted to 55th Casualty Clearing Station, 23 January 1919 (venereal disease); transferred to Ambulance Train No 36, 25 January 1919, and admitted to 7th General Hospital, Wimereux, 27 January 1919; transferred to England, 2 February 1919, and admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 2 February 1919. Marched in to Training Depot, Parkhouse, from hospital, 26 April 1919; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 94 days.

Married Eva May LAMBERT, spinster, aged 22, at Epsom Parish Church, Surrey, 28 June 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Shropshire', 2 December 1919; disembarked Sydney, 30 January 1920; discharged, Brisbane, 24 March 1920.