27/11/1915- To Mining Corps Australia as SECOND LIEUTENANT
15/03/1916- To Overseas Base Ghezireh Egypt ex Australia
8/05/1916- Embarked Alexandria Egypt for Marseilles France then detrained at Hazebrouck Belgium
15/06/1916- Promoted LIEUTENANT in the field France
26/01/1917- Awarded MILITARY CROSS
22/06/1917- Wounded in Action France ( Gunshot Wounds Buttock & Abdomen )
13/07/1917- Admitted 7th General Hospital St. Omer France ex 1/2 North Midland Field Ambulance ex 7th Casualty Clearing Station
16/07/1917- Admitted 59th General Hospital Havre France
23/07/1917- Re-Admitted 7th General Hospital St. Omer France
31/07/1917- Evacuated/Admitted 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth England
3/09/1917- Admitted 5th Aux Hospital England
5/10/1917- Discharged to No. 1 Command Depot Perham Downs England
8/10/1917- To Overseas Training Brigade Longbridge Deverill England
25/10/1917- To No. 1 Command Depot Sutton Veny England
20/11/1917- Disembarked Southampton England ex France
14/01/1918- To Overseas Training Brigade Longbridge Deverill England
1/03/1918- Proceeded Overseas Australian General Base Depot Havre France ex Southampton ex Longbridge Deverill England
7/03/1918- Joined 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company in the field France
6/07/1918- Granted Leave England
21/07/1918- Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Leave
1/01/1919- Granted Leave England
16/01/1919- Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Leave
27/02/1919- To No.1 Command Depot Sutton Veny England ex France for Return to Australia
4/03/1919- Granted Extended Leave England for Non-Military Employment with Pay & Subs-MINING METHODS- Harton Collieries South Shields
11/06/1919- To No. 3 Group Hurdcott England for Duty
8/08/1919- Embarked England for Australia per ” Katoomba ”
15/09/1919- Disembarked Australia
8/11/1919- Discharged from Service
MILTARY CROSS
Date of Recommendation : 8 October 1916
” For General Good Work for the past 6 Months ; for courage and devotion to duty on two occasions- ( 1 )- On night 18/07/1916 when he took a small party into ” No Man’s Land’ and worked for 2 and half hours under intermittent Machine Gun and rifle fire to adjust a push pipe charge required to assist an infantry attack ; his work enabled the operation to be successfully carried out. ( 2 )- On 19/07/1916 when leads and fuse to a charge for making communication trench were cut by shell fire, he, accompanied by 2 NCO’s again successfully repaired the damage, working under very heavy fire ; the charge was later successfully exploded.
On the 27th November 1916 near LOOS, after an enemy mine explosion causing casualties, he organized the rescue parties and led them up to the mine, thereby saving loss of lives, and performed valuable exploration work under ground. He carried out this arduous and dangerous work continually for 24 Hours until relieved “.
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette : 25 July 1917
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette : Page 1540, Position 9
Date of London Gazette : 26 January 1917
Location in London Gazette : page 1022, Position 1.
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