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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 6 May 1915.

Admitted to 9th Field Ambulance, Gallipoli (date not recorded: influenza); discharged to duty, 23 May 1915.

Wounded in action, 24 May 1915; rejoined Bn, 16 June 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Caledonia', 7 August 1915 (sprained knee); transferred to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 10 August 1915, and to No 3 Auxiliary Hospital same day; to Convalescent Camp, Zeitoun, 13 August 1915.

Embarked Alexandria for Gallipoli, 27 August 1915.

Found guilty, Lemnos, 22 September 1915, of (1) insolent language to an NCO; (2)--- [?] language: awarded 7 days' field Punishment No 2.

Found guilty, 3 October 1915, of being absent without leave, Lemnos, for 48 hours (6.30 am, 2 October-6.45 am, 3 October 1915: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Transferred to A Company, 3 December 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria from Mudros, 29 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 24 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 31 March 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 4 August 1916.

Wounded in action, 17 August 1916 (shrapnel wound, back), and admitted to 44th Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 20 August 1916; to England, 20 August 1916, and admitted to 4th Scottish General Hospital (Territorial Force), Stobhill, 21 August 1916; listed as 'seriously ill', 27 August 1916; transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 6 November 1916; granted furlough, 13-28 November 1916.

Marched into No 4 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 1 December 1916.

Admitted to Wareham Isolation Hospital, 6 January 1917 (mumps); discharged, 24 January 1917.

Transferred to 61st Bn, 23 March 1917; to 62nd Bn, 4 April 1917.

Found guilty, 23 June 1917, of being absent without leave from Tattoo, 9.45 pm, 15 June, until apprehended by the M[ilitary]P[olice] at 6.30 pm, 16 June 1917: reverted to the ranks and forfeited 2 days' pay under Royal Warrant.

On Command, 16th Infantry Brigade School, Fovant, 27 June 1917; rejoined 62nd Bn, 13 July 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 12 September 1917; rejoined 4th Bn, in the field, 25 September 1917.

Wounded in action, 4 October 1917; remained at duty.

On leave to United Kingdom, 21 March 1918; recalled from leave, 24 March 1918.

Reported missing in action, 17 April 1918; Court of Enquiry, 14 May 1918, reported 'not missing but absentee'; rejoined Bn, 16 May 1918.

Tried by Field General Court Martial, 28 May 1918, on charge of (1) desertion, in that he absented himself from 17.4.18 until apprehended by the Military Police on 13 May 1918; (2) offering violence to his superior officer in the execution of his duty; pleaded guilty to charge (1), not guilty to charge (2); found guilty on both counts: awarded penal servitude for life; sentence commuted to 2 years' imprisonment with hard labour, 14 June 1918.

Admitted to 5th Military Prison, 26 June 1918, to undergo sentence of 2 years' imprisonment with hard labour.

Commenced return to Australia from Southampton on board HT 'City of Poona', 28 August 1919; disembarked Sydney, 16 May 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), 19 July 1919.

War service: 4 years 207 days (of which 4 years 97 days were abroad)

Ruled not eligible for War Medals; medals restored by the provisions of Army Order 1920.