War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, Egypt, 1 February 1916 and appointed driver; transferred to 1st Light Horse Training Regiment, 17 April 1916; transferred to Machine Gun Battery, 4th Division, Tel-el-Kabir, 20 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join British Expeditionary Force, 10 July 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 17 July 1916.

Marched out to Etaples, France, 20 August 1916; taken on strength, 13th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Anzac, 20 August 1916; detached for duty with Assistant Provost Marshal, 2nd Anzac, France, 27 August 1916; rejoined unit, 12 January 1917.

Detached for duty with New Zealand Division, 16 April 1917; rejoined unit, 22 April 1917.

Detached to Anti-Aircraft section, 2nd Anzac, 5 May 1917; rejoined unit, 13 May 1917.

Proceeded on leave, 4 July 1917; returned from leave, 21 July 1917.

Detached to Anti-Aircraft section, 2nd Anzac, 3 January 1918; rejoined unit, 10 January 1918.

To England on leave, 2 February 1918; returned from leave, 19 February 1918.

Detached to 49th B Division, British Army, 14 October 1918; rejoined unit, 17 October 1918.

Taken on strength, 13th Light Horse Regiment, France, 7 December 1918.

To United Kingdom on leave, 13 January 1919.

Detached to Australian Army Postal Corps, England, 10 February 1919; Postal Corps granted days’ extra disembarkation leave, 30 September 1919.

Commenced return to Australia, from England, on board HT ‘Nestor’, 1 November 1919; disembarked, Melbourne, 15 December 1919; discharged, 14 March 1920.