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Military Medal

Military Medal

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary, 21 October 1915.

Admitted to hospital, Cairo, 29 November 1915; rejoined unit, 9 December 1915.

Transferred to reinforcements, Zeitoun, 25 March 1916.

Taken on strength of 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, Serapeum, 13 April 1916, and posted to 38th Battery the same day.

Promoted Temporary Bombardier, 20 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 5 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 13 June 1916.

Promoted Bombardier, 20 May 1916.

Admitted to Field Ambulance, 6 December 1916; transferred to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Rouen, 9 December 1916 (malaria); to England, 11 December 1916; to Brighton War Hospital, 12 December 1916; discharged to furlough, 11 January 1917; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 8 February 1917 (class B1A).

Marched out to Artillery Details, Larkhill, 8 February 1917; marched into Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery, Larkhill, 11 February 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 8 March 1917; marched into Australian General Base Depot, Etaples, 9 March 1917.

Transferred to 4th Australian Divisional Artillery, 28 March 1917; taken on strength of 4th Australian Divisional Artillery, 29 March 1917; transferred to, and rejoined 10th Australian Artillery Brigade, 13 April 1917, and posted to 38th Battery the same day.

Promoted Temporary Corporal, 16 July 1917.

Wounded in action, 17 September 1917, and reverts to the rank of Bombardier the same day; admitted to No 7 Field Ambulance, 17 September 1917 (gassed); transferred to No 3 Canadian Clearing Station, 18 September 1917; to No 18 Ambulance Train, 20 September 1917; to England, 23 September 1917; to Southwark Military Hospital, 23 September 1917 (gas poisoning, severe); to No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 6 October 1917; discharged to furlough, 10 October 1917, and to report to Codford, 24 October 1917.

Marched out of No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 15 November 1917 and marched into Overseas Training Bde, Longbridge Deverill, the same day.

Awarded Military Medal, 20 November 1917.

Marched into Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery, Heytesbury, 23 November 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 23 January 1918; marched into Australian General Base Depot, Rouelles, 24 January 1918.

Proceeded to unit, 27 January 1918; rejoined 38th Battery, 29 January 1918.

Promoted Temporary Corporal, 1 February 1918.

Promoted Corporal, 1 May 1918.

Admitted to No 20 Casualty Clearing Station, 3 August 1918 (furnuculosis); transferred to No 3 Ambulance Train, 7 August 1918; to No 18 General Hospital, Camiers, 8 August 1918 (boils); to England, 13 August 1918 (debility); to Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, 13 August 1918; to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 16 August 1918; marched into No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 26 August 1918.

Marched into No 3 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 9 September 1918.

Found guilty, 3 October 1918, of being absent without leave from midnight, 27 September 1918, until 0555 hours, 28 September 1918: award, dismissed.

Marched into No 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 24 October 1918, for temporary duty.

Admitted to No 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 19 November 1918 (not yet diagnosed).

Found guilty, 2 December 1918, of being absent without leave from 1800 hours, 29 November 1918, until 0100 hours, 30 November 1918: award, reprimanded and total forfeiture of 1 day's pay.

Marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 7 January 1919.

Marched into No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 5 February 1919.

Admitted to Group Clearing Hospital, 17 February 1919; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 26 February 1919.

Admitted to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Sutton Veny, 8 March 1919 (influenza); discharged and marched into No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 26 March 1919.

Charged with, 27 March 1919, being absent without leave from 2359 hours, 4 March 1919, until 0900 hours, 8 March 1919: award, dismissed due to insufficient evidence.

Marched out to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Sutton Veny, 2 April 1919, for employment as a Permanent Guard.

Granted leave with pay and subsistence from 1 May 1919, until 1 August 1919, so as to undertake non-military employment at Mills and Company, 5 Duke St, Aldgate, London.

Admitted to Bethnal Green Military Hospital, 20 July 1919 (fractured skull); transferred to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, 25 July 1919 (injury to mandible).

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Kanowna', 28 August 1919; disembarked Sydney, 26 October 1919; discharged Sydney (medically unfit: deafness as a result of gunfire), 24 April 1920.

Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.