War service: Egypt, Western Front

Marched in to Base Details, Tel el Kebir, Egypt, 5 May 1916.

Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 2 August 1916; marched in to Details Camp, Parkhouse, England, 13 September 1916; proceeded overseas to France, 6 April 1917; marched in to Australian General Base Depot, Etaples, France, 7 April 1917; marched out to unit, 17 May 1917; taken on strength of 2nd Division Army Medical Corps and attached for duty with 7th Field Ambulance, 24 May 1917; on leave to Paris, 6 January, 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 16 January 1918; on leave to United Kingdom, 17 August 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 6 September 1918.

Admitted to Parkhouse Hospital, England, 18 September 1918 (venereal disease: total period of treatment, 31 days); discharged from hospital, 18 October 1918.

With unit, 1 February 1919; attached for duty with 5th Field Ambulance, 14 March 1919; transferred to 5th, 6th and 7th Field Ambulances, 24 March 1919; marched out for return to Australia, 30 March 1919; marched out to England, 11 April 1919; marched in to No 2 Group, Sutton Veny, England, 12 April 1919.

Found guilty, 5 May 1919, of being absent without leave from 11:59, 30 April to 6:30, pm, 3 May 1919: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2 and forfeited 10 days' pay.

Marched in to Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot, Fovant, 15 May 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Darwin', 12 June 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 27 July 1919; discharged, 12 September 1919.