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War service: Egypt, Western Front

Joined Divisional Troops Depot, Tel el Kebir, 29 June 1916.

Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 7 July 1916 (gastritis); date of discharge not recorded.

Embarked Alexandria, 2 September 1916; disembarked England (date not recorded).

Admitted to Hillsea Hospital, 12 September 1916; discharged from hospital, 23 October 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 42 days; marched in to Engineers Depot from hospital, 25 October 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 8 February 1917; taken on stregth, 5th Field Company Engineers, in the field, 19 February 1917.

On leave to Paris, 28 December 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 6 January 1918.

On leave to England, 28 February 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 11 March 1918.

Admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, 5 December 1918 (venereal disease), and transferred same day to 50th Casualty Clearing Station and then to 61st Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 3, 7 December 1918, and admitted same day to 1st Stationary Hospital, Rouen; transferred to 39th General Hospital, Havre, 9 December 1918; discharged to Base Depot, 18 December 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 14 days.

Rejoined unit, 14 January 1919.

On leave to United Kingdom, 2 February 1919; rejoined unit, in the field, 21 February 1919.

Detached for duty to 7th Field Company Engineers, 27 February 1919.

Marched out to England for return to Australia, 11 April 1919.

Granted leave with pay, 10 May-10 November 1919 (with subs of 10/- per week from 17 May to 16 June 1919), to attend B. Hurwick & Co, Bridgeton (Non-Military Employment).

Retransferred to 5th Field Company Engineers, 3 September 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Devon', 8 October 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 27 November 1919; discharged, Brisbane, 21 January 1920.