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Embarked Melbourne, 26 November 1917; disembarked Suez, 27 December 1917; embarked Port Said, 9 January 1918; disembarked Taranto, Italy, 20 January 1918; entrained to France; embarked Cherbourg, 24 January 1918; disembarked Southampton, England, 2 February 1918, and marched in to 15th Training Bn, Codford.

Transferred to 47th Bn, 5 February 1918.

Transferred to Machine Gun Details, Grantham, 10 April 1918.

Admitted to Grantham Military Hospital, 21 June 1918 (not yet diagnosed); discharged, 26 July 1918.

Found guilty, 29 July 1918, of being absent without leave from midnight, 11 June, to 2 pm, 19 June 1918: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited a total of 15 days' pay.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 17 September 1918 (syphilis); discharged to No 2 Convalescent Training Depot, Parkhouse, 19 September 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 3 days.

Proceeded overseas to France, 4 December 1918; taken on strength, 3rd Machine Gun Bn, in the field, 7 December 1918.

Transferred to 5th Australian Motor Transport Company, 21 January 1919.

Admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, 6 February 1919 (diarrhoea); transferred to England, 3 March 1919 (bronchitis: severe), and admitted to King George Hospital, Stamford Street, London, 6 March 1919; discharged on furlough, 13 March 1919, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 27 March 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Themistocles', 12 June 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 3 August 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Melbourne, 12 September 1919.