The AIF Project

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Marched into 4th Training Bn, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt, 15 April 1916.

Embarked, Alexandria, to join the British Expeditionary Force, 7 June 1916; disembarked, Marseilles, France, 14 June 1916; joined 46th Bn, 21 July 1916.

Admitted to 12th Field Ambulance (stricture), 24 August 1916; to 4th Casualty Clearing Station, 26 August 1916; to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 26 August 1916; transferred to England, 29 August 1916; admitted to V.A.D. Hospital, Seven Oaks, England, 29 August 1916; discharged to Perham Downs Command Depot, 15 September 1916; granted furlough, 16 September 1916; marched into No 2 Camp, Codford, 4 October 1916.

Found guilty, 30 October 1916, of (1) being absent without leave (overstaying furlough) from midnight, 20 October 1916, until 3 pm, 29 October 1916: awarded 21 days' Field Punishment No 2; forfeits 9 days' pay; total forfeiture 30 days' pay.

Proceeded overseas to France via Folkestone, 21 December 1916; marched into 4th Australian Divisional Base Depot, France, 22 December 1916; proceeded to join unit, 25 January 1917; taken on strength of 46th Bn, in the field, 27 January 1917.

Admitted to 1st Casualty Clearing Station (shrapnel wound, left leg), 15 February 1917; to 10th General Hospital, Rouen, 17 February 1917; embarked for England, 23 February 1917; admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, England, 25 February 1917; to Grove Military Hospital, 22 March 1917.

Found guilty, 25 June 1917, of conduct to the prejudice of good order and Military discipline in that when a patient in hospital he (1) was absent without leave from 7 pm, 25 June 1917, until 8:20 pm, 25 June 1917; (2) being drunk: admonished.

Transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 2 July 1917; discharged from Hospital and granted furlough from, 7 July 1917, until, 21 July 1917, to report to depot; re-admitted to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital from furlough, Dartford, 20 July 1917; discharged and marched into Weymouth Command Depot, 23 July 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Pakeha', 27 August 1917; disembarked, Melbourne, 24 November 1917; discharged (medically unfit), Melbourne, 27 February 1918.