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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined 8th Bn, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915.

Wounded in action, 9 August 1915, and admitted to Casualty Clearing Station (wound, left leg); transferred to HS 'Albania', 13 August 1915 (gun shot wound, lower extremities); to No 3 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 11 August 1915; to No 1 Australian General Hospital, 13 August 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to rejoin Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 11 September 1915; rejoined Bn, Gallipoli, 17 September 1915.

Admitted to No 3 Australian General Hospital, Lemnos, 10 November 1915 (gastritis); transferred to Lowlands Casualty Clearing Station, 2 December 1915; rejoined Bn, 20 December 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance, 19 February 1916; transferred to Casualty Clearing Station, 20 February 1916; to 1st Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 27 February 1916 (bronchitis); discharged to duty, 19 March 1916.

Found guilty, 23 March 1916, of being absent off parade: awarded 14 days' confined to camp.

Taken on strength, 46th Bn, 31 March 1916.

Admitted to 12th Field Ambulance, 9 April 1916 (debility); discharged to duty, 15 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 2 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 8 June 1916.

Transferred to 12th Australian Light Mortar Battery, 4 July 1916, and taken on strength, in the field.

Admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance, 27 December 1916 (influenza); discharged to duty, 29 December 1916; rejoined unit, 1 January 1917.

Reallotted Regimental Number 1899, 17 January 1917.

Reported Missing in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917; subsequently reoported Wounded in Action; admitted to 2nd Canadian General Hospital, Wimereux, 8 June 1917 (gas poison shell); transferred to England, 13 June 1917, and admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, 14 June 1917; transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 23 July 1917; discharged on furlough, 24 July 1917, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 7 August 1917.

Found guilty, 7 December 1917, of being absent without leave at Sutton Veny from 9 am, 3 December, till 10 am, 5 December 1917: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 11 days' pay.

Found guilty, Sutton Veny, 18 January 1918, of being absent without leave from 2400, 13 January, till 12.30 pm, 14 January 1918: awarded 2 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 6 days' pay.

Marched in to Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill, 15 April 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 5 May 1918; rejoined unit, in the field, 13 May 1918.

Detached to 4th Division Assistant Provost Marshal Traffic Control, 18 November 1918; rejoined unit from detachment, 8 January 1919.

Marched out to England, 15 January 1919, for return to Australia; marched in to No 1 Command Depot, Codford, 16 January 1916.

Admitted to No 4 Group Clearing Hospital, Codford, 28 February 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Warwickshire', 5 April 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 29 May 1919; discharged, Melbourne, 27 July 1919.