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War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted to S.B.T. Hospital, Abbassia, 16 November 1915; discharged to unit, 6 December 1915.

Admitted to Detention Barracks, 22 January 1916 (venereal disease, gonorrhoea); discharged from No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital to Overseas Base, 16 March 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 55 days.

Employed as Sergeants' Mess Waiter, Overseas Base, 18 April 1916.

Transferred to Cyclist Training Bn, 28 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, no date stated; disembarked Marseilles, France, no date stated.

Marched into 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, from hospital, 14 July 1916.

Found guilty, 15 July 1916, of failing to entrain on 18 June 1916, after previously be warned to do so: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No 1 and forfeited 14 days' pay.

Transferred to 32nd Bn, 25 August 1916.

Marched out to unit, 16 November 1916; taken on strength of 32 Bn, 17 November 1916.

Admitted to Anzac Corps Dressing Station, 2 January 1917, and transferred to No 14 Australian Field Ambulance the same day (sore heel); discharged to duty, 6 January 1917.

Transferred to Anzac Light Railways, 1 February 1917, and taken on strength of Anzac Light Railways the same day.

Admitted to No 12 Australian Field Ambulance, 8 February 1917, and transferred to 4th Divisional Rest Station the same day (scald forearm: injury was classed by Commanding Officer of Anzac Light Railway as accidental and as a result of duty as a cook); to No 1/1 South Midland Casualty Clearing Station, 23 February 1916; to No 21 Ambulance Train, 25 February 1917; to No 2 Convalescent Depot, Rouen, 2 March 1917; to England, 4 March 1917; to No 1 Southern General Hospital, King's Heath, Birmingham, 5 March 1917 (scald, right foot and forearm); discharged to furlough, 21 March 1917.

Marched into No 1 Command Depot and classified B.1.A, 7 April 1917.

Marched into Training Depot, Perham Downs, 10 April 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 23 July 1917; marched into 5th Divisional Base Depot, Le Havre, 24 July 1917.

Marched out to unit, 19 September 1917; taken on strength of 32nd Bn, 21 September 1917.

Deatched to Perth Military Cemetery, 24 September 1917; rejoined unit, 28 September 1917.

Detached to 8th Bde Headquarters, 9 October 1917.

Accidentally injured (train accident), and admitted to No 3 Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 16 December 1917 (dislocated right hip); transferred to England, 22 December 1917; to War Hospital, Exeter, 23 December 1917 (dislocated hip, severe); to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 15 January 1918.

Found guilty, 4 February 1918, of being absent without leave from 1730 hours, 1 February 1918, until 0600 hours, 2 February 1918: award, admonished and forfeited 2 days' pay by Royal Warrant.

Marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, from No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, 12 February 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Kenilworth Castle', 12 March 1918; discharged (medically unfit, dislocation of right hip), 31 May 1918.