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War service: Western Front

Embarked Adelaide, 27 June 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 22 August 1916; marched in to 8th Training Bn, Larkhill, 24 August 1916.

Found guilty, 3 October 1916, of being absent without leave from 2400, 28 September 1916, to 1630, 1 October 1916: deprived of 10 days' pay; total forfeiture: 13 days' pay.

Tried by District Court Martial, Hurdcott, 23 December 1916 on charges (1) wilfully allowing to escape a person committed to his charge; (2) losing by neglect his regimental necessaries, value £2/0/2; (3) being absent without leave from 5.30 pm, 9 October, till 7.30 [am?], 24 October 1916; pleaded 'Guilty'; found 'Guilty': awarded imprisonment with hard labour for 1 year and stoppage of pay until the value of regimental necessaries lost was made good; total forfeiture of pay: 165 days.

Unexpired portion of sentence remitted as from 14 February 1917, and released from Aldershot Detention Barracks.

Found guilty, 5 March 1917, of being absent without leave from 8.30 am, 25 February, to 11 am, 3 March 1917: awarded 21 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited a total of 29 days' pay.

Proceeded overseas to France, 20 March 1917; taken on strength, 32nd Bn, in the field, 25 March 1917.

Found guilty, 3 April 1917, of being absent without leave from 1800, 1 April, till 1230, 2 April 1917: forfeited 2 days' pay under Royal Warrant.

Found guilty, 19 August 1917, of being absent without leave from 8 amto 12 noon, 18 August 1917: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 7 days' pay.

Detached to 2nd Army Summer Rest Camp, 2 October 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 15 October 1917.

Wounded in action, 20 October 1917 (shrapnel wound, right thumb), admitted to 2rd Australian Field Ambulance, and rejoined Bn same day.

Tried by Field General Court Martial, 31 October 1917, on charge of deserting His Majesty's Service in that he after having been warned for the line at about 12.30 pm. 21 October 1917, absented himself until he reported to the Nucleus Camp at or about 7 pm, 24 October 1917; pleaded 'Guilty'; found 'Guilty'; sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude; sentence commuted to 2 years' imprisonment with hard labour.

Admitted to No 7 Military Prison, Vendreux Les Attaques, 28 November 1917.

Unexpired portion of sentence suspended, 8 August 1918.

Rejoined Bn, 21 August 1918.

Accidentally injured, 11 September 1918 (gas burns, left leg); admitted to 15th Australian Field Ambulance, 13 September 1918, and transferred to 41st Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 22, 15 September 1918, and admitted to 6th General Hospital, Rouen, 16 September 1918; transferred to England, 18 September 1918, and admitted to Devonport Military Hospital, 19 September 1918 (gas shell wound: severe); transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 31 October 1918; discharged on furlough, 2 November 1918, to report to No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 16 November 1918.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 27 November 1918; discharged (for trial), 2 January 1919; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 37 days.

Tried by District Court Martial, Warwick Square, London, 14 January 1919, on charge of resisting an escort whose duty it was to apprehend him in that he at Belfast on 9 November 1918, while being arrested by L/Cpl D. Lee of the MFP resisted the arrest by kicking and struggling; pleaded 'Not Guilty'; found 'Guilty': awarded 6 months' detention; 90 days' detention remitted, 28 January 1919.

Admitted to Lewes Detention Barracks, 22 January 1919

Discharged from Lewes Detention Barracks, 1 April 1919.

Marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 5 April 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Leicestershire', 3 May 1919; disembarked Adelaide, 18 June 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Adelaide, 11 July 1919.