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War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, D Squadron, 4th Light Horse Regiment, 11 March 1916.

Admitted to No 2 Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 3 May 1916 (sprained ankle); rejoined unit, 3 May 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 12 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 10 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 17 June 1916.

Taken on strength, 2nd Anzac Miounted Regiment, 7 July 1916.

Accidentally wounded, 4 October 1916; admitted to 8th Field Ambulance (gun shot wound, right foot), 4 October 1916; transferred to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, 5 October 1916, and trasnferred to Ambulance Train No 28; to 8th Stationary Hospital, Wimmereux, 5 October 1916; to England, 6 October 1916, and admitted to 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester, 7 October 1916 (wound severe); to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 21 November 1916. Discharged, 25 November 1916; marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 25 November 1916. Marched in to 4th Light Horse Details, Tidworth, 11 January 1917.

Admitted to hospital, Tidworth, 25 January 1917 (mental observation); marched in to 4th Light Horse Details, 28 January 1917.

Admitted to hospital, Tidworth, 4 March 1917 (fractured hand); discharged to depot, 21 April 1917.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 29 September 1917; discharged, 18 October 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 20 days.

Found guilty of being absent without leave, 6.30 am, 19 October, until apprehended by Civil Police at Basingstoke, at 2.30 pm, 22 October 1917: reverted to permanent grade, and forfeited a total of 17 days' pay.

Taken on strength of Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery, Heytesbury, as Gunner, 14 November 1917.

Reported absent without leave, 1 March 1918.

Found guilty by District Court Martial, Warwick Square, 17 April 1918, of being absentv without leave, 1 March, until apprehended by Military Authorities at Manchester, 27 March 1918: awarded 90 days' detention, and forfeited a total of 137 days' pay. Admitted to Lewes Detention Barracks, 20 April 1918.

Discharged from Lewes Detention Barracks to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 4 June 1918; discharged, 10 June 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 18 June 1918; marched out to 2nd division Artillery, 10 August 1918.

Admitted to 10th General hospital, Rouen, 11 august 1918 (not yet diagnosed); transferred to 2nd Convalescent Depot, 17 August 1918; discharged to duty, 26 August 1918; taken on strength, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, 13 September 1918.

Found guilty, 4 November 1918, of being absent without leave from 1.30 am, 31 October, to 7 pm, 1 November 1918: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited a total of 9 days' pay.

Attached for duty to 20th Company, Australian Army Service Corps, 17 December 1918; rejoined unit from detachment.

Marched out for return to Australia, 17 February 1919; marched in to 2nd Training Brigade, England, 27 February 1919.

Found guilty, No 2 Group, Codford, of being absent without leave from 2359, 22 April, until apprehended by Military Police, Birmingham, 1530, 23 April 1919: awarded 10 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited a total of 11 days' pay.

Commenced return to Australia on board 'Zealandia', 12 May 1919; admitted to ship's hospital at sea, 7 June 1919 (venereal disease); discharged to duty, 28 June 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 28 June 1919; discharged (medically unfit), 25 September 19119.