The AIF Project

Unspecified

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 5 April 1915.

Found guilty, 20 April 1915, of refusing to obey an order: forfeited 3 days' pay.

Attached, On Command, to 1st Infantry Brigade, Mudros West, 5 September 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Complimentary Notice from Army Corps Commander, 9 February 1916, for the satisfactory manner in which he carried out his duties during the evacuation from Anzac.

Promoted Corporal, and attached to Postal Corps, 8 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 22 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 March 1916.

Detached to 1st Brigade Headquarters for postal duties, 17 November 1916; ceased to be attached for postal duties, 4 January 1917; attached to 1st Australian Division Post Office Railhead, 4 January 1917.

Promoted Sergeant, 13 January 1917.

On leave to Paris, 18 June 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 23 June 1917.

Admitted to 7th Field Ambulance, 3 July 1917, and transferred same day to 9th Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 28, 7 July 1917, and admitted to 39th General Hospital, 9 July 1917; discharged to Base Details, Havre, 23 September 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 83 days.

On leave, 12 February 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 27 February 1918.

Attached to 1st Australian Division Headquarters Railhead Field Post Office, 20 February 1918.

Marched out to England, 8 November 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Hacking', 3 December 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 27 January 1919, for onward travel to Sydney; discharged, Sydney, 29 March 1919.