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War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 11 July 1916 (diarrhoea); discharged to duty, 13 July 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 2 August 1916; disembarked England (date not recorded).

Marched in to 2nd Division Base, Etaples, from England, 2 October 1916; taken on strength, 49th Bn, in the field, 17 October 1916.

On leave, 22 November 1917; rejoined Bn from leave, 10 December 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 8 January 1918.

Found guilty, 14 January 1918, of being absent without leave from 9 pm, 11 January, until reporting back at 11.30 am, 12 January 1918: reprimanded, and forfeited 2 days' pay.

Promoted Corporal, 31 May 1918.

Admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance, 4 July 1918 (not yet diagnosed: pyrexia), and transferred to Casualty Clearing Station; to 11th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 11 July 1918; to England, 20 July 1918, and admitted to 4th Southern General Hospital, Plymouth, 21 July 1918; transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 2 August 1918; discharged on furlough, 8 August 1918, to report to No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 22 August 1918.

Admitted to Military Hospital, Fovant, 26 August 1918 (colic); discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 29 November 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Takada', 24 December 1918 (debility); disembarked Melbourne, 11 February 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Melbourne, 12 April 1919.