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War service (AN&MEF): Rabaul

Enlisted, 16 August 1914; embarked Sydney, 19 August 1914.

Sent to 2nd Military District (New South Wales) on board SS 'Morinda' as escort for prisoners, 30 November 1914.

Discharged, 8 January 1915.

War service (AIF): Egypt, Gallipoli, England

Enlisted in the AIF, 23 March 1915.

Embarked Melbourne, 25 June 1915, on board HMAT A40 'Ceramic' as 1383 Private, D Company, 19th Bn.

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 16 August 1915.

Admitted to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Ghezireh, 4 December 1915 (haemorrhoids, jaundice); transferred to Mena House Convalescent Hospital, 10 December 1915; discharged to Australian Base, 28 December 1915.

Admitted to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 19 February 1916 (tonsillar abscess).

Found guilty of being absent without leave from 6 am, 2 February, to 6 am, 4 February 1916: awarded 7 days' confined to barracks.

Taken on strength, Overseas Base, 28 February 1916; transferred to 5th Training Bn, Tel el Kebir, 11 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria for England, 2 August 1916; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 4 September 1916.

Admitted to King George's Hospital from Base, 7 October 1916 (gastritis and inflammation of stomach); transferred to No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 24 November 1916; discharged on furlough, 14 February 1917, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 28 February 1917.

Found guilty, 7 March 1917 of overstaying leave, Monte Video Camp, from 6 pm, 2 March, to 6 pm, 5 March 1917: awarded 7 days' confined to barracks, and forfeited 7 days' pay.

Commenced return to Australia from Devonport on board HT 'Themistocles', 4 May 1917; arrived Sydney, 5 July 1917; discharged, Sydney (medically unfit), 30 July 1917.