3/02/1915- To Depot Company as Private
22/06/1915- Joined 11th Battalion in the field Gallipoli ex Alexandria Egypt
6/10/1915- Wounded in Action Gallipoli ( Glass Splinters )
15/10/1915- Admitted Gibraltar General Hospital ( Diarrhoea ) ex 9th Australian Casualty Clearing Station ex Hospital Ship Gallipoli
12/11/1915- Evacuated/Admitted 47th Southern General Hospital Oxford England
5/03/1916- Disembarked Alexandria Egypt ex England
10/03/1916- Rejoined Unit in the field Serapeum Egypt
5/04/1916- Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria Egypt
2/06/1916- Appointed LANCE CORPORAL in the field France
7/08/1916- Promoted CORPORAL in the field France
11/11/1916- Transferred to 1st Anzac Corps School in the field France
24/01/1917- Promoted COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 2 graded as SERGEANT MAJOR
3/07/1917- Granted Leave England
17/07/1917- Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Leave
2/01/1918- Granted Leave England
17/01/1918- Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Leave
2/02/1918- To 19th Corps School in the field France
9/03/1918- To Anti-Aircraft Course Bailleul France
24/03/1918- Rejoined Corps School in the field France ex Course
13/04/1918- Detached for Duty with 33rd Imperial Division in the field France
22/04/1918- Rejoined 1st Anzac Corps School in the field France ex Detachment
22/09/1918- Granted Leave Paris France
2/10/1918- Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Leave
27/11/1918- Transferred 11th Battalion in the field France & Reverts to Rank LANCE SERGEANT
20/12/1918- Granted Leave Paris France
5/01/1919- Rejoined Battalion in the field France ex Leave
18/01/1919- Awarded MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
30/01/1919- Granted Leave Paris France
22/02/1919- Rejoined Battalion in the field France ex Leave
15/04/1919- Discharged & Demobilised London England
MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
Date of Recommendation : 28 September 1918
” For Meritorious Service and devotion to duty. During his long term as an Instructor in Lewis and Machine Gunnery has rendered most valuable service to the Corps. Besides being an expert in this subject he has devoted his spare time to brush work and sectional drawings which are invaluable to the School. His diligence , example and devotion to duty is exceptional “.
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette : 3 June 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette : Page 942, Position 34
Date of London Gazette : 18 January 1919
Location in London Gazette : Page 1022, Position 22.