The AIF Project

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 9 November 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 9 January 1917; marched in to 10th Training Bn, Durrington, 10 January 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 25 April 1917; taken on strength, 39th Bn, in the field, 13 May 1917.

Wounded in action, 8 June 1917 (multiple gun shot wounds, face, chest, hands and knees), and admitted to 9th Australian Field Ambulance and transferred to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 6th General Hospital, Rouen, 9 June 1917; to England, 14 June 1917, and admitted to Richmond Military Hospital, 15 June 1917; transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 10 July 1917; discharged on furlough, 11 July 1917, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 25 July 1917.

Marched in to No 3 Command Depot, 8 August 1917; marched in to Overseas Training Brigade, 24 August 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 10 September 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 22 September 1917.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 4 October 1917 (gun shot wound, left hand), and admitted to 11th Australian Field Ambulance and then to 44th Casualty Clearing Station; transferred by Ambulance Train No 27 to 16th General Hospital, Le Treport, 5 October 1917; to No 3 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 11 October 1917; discharged to Base Depot, Rouelles, 15 October 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 4 November 1917.

Wounded in action (third occasion), 30 March 1918 (gun shot wound, left arm), and admitted to 11th Australian Field Ambulance; transferred to 22nd General Hospital, Camiers, 31 March 1918; to England, 1 April 1918, and admitted same day to 1st Birmingham War Hospital, Rednall; transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 18 April 1918; discharged on furlough, 22 April 1918, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 6 May 1918.

Found guilty, 7 May 1918, of being absent without leave from 10.30 am to 2 pm, 6 May 1918: awarded forfeiture of 1 day's pay.

Marched in to Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill, 22 May 1918.

Transferred to Machine Gun Details, and marched in to Machine Gun Training Depot, Grantham, 31 May 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 21 August 1918; taken on strength, 3rd Machine Gun Bn, in the field, 9 September 1918.

Marched out to England for return to Australia, 16 April 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Themistocles', 12 June 1919; disembarked Sydney, 10 August 1919; discharged, Sydney, 22 March 1920.