21/07/1915- Completed Application For Enlistment & Medical Examination Perth WA
28/07/1915- To No. 1 Depot Battalion WA
16/09/1915- To 5th Reinforcements 28th Battalion Blackboy Hill Camp WA as Private
13/10/1915- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Themistocles ” bound for Egypt
06/11/1915- Disembarked Alexandria Egypt to Overseas Training Base
04/01/1916- Admitted Military Hospital Abbassia Egypt ( Sick )
25/01/1916- Rejoined Battalion Egypt ex Hospital
03/03/1916- Transferred to 51st Battalion Tel-el-Kebir Egypt ex Zeitoun
18/05/1916- Admitted Hospital Serapeum Egypt ( Heat Stroke ) ex 4th Field Ambulance ex 54th Casualty Clearing Station
03/06/1916- Admitted 1st Australian Stationary Hospital Ismailia Egypt ( Pneumonia ) ex Tel-el-Kebir
06/08/1916- Embarked Alexandria Egypt with British Expeditionary Forces bound for Marseilles France
23/09/1916- To 4th Australian Division Base Depot Etaples France
07/10/1916- Taken on Strength 51st Battalion France ex Base Depot
26/12/1916- Awarded MILITARY MEDAL for Bravery
12/01/1917- Appointed Lance Corporal France
02/04/1917- Wounded in Action France( Gunshot Wound to Right Arm )
02/04/1917- Admitted 56th Casualty Clearing Station ex 4th Australian Field Ambulance
15/04/1917- Rejoined Battalion France ex Wounds
13/05/1917- Promoted Temporary Corporal France
09/06/1917- Wounded in Action Belgium ( Gunshot Wound to Shoulder/Chest)
10/06/1917- Admitted USA General Hospital Abbeville France ex 77th Field Ambulance
24/06/1917- Evacuated/Admitted Military Hospital Tooting England
13/08/1917- Admitted 3rd Australian Aux Hospital Dartford England
17/08/1917- To No. 2 Command Depot Weymouth England
27/09/1917- Embarked England aboard ” Suevic ” for Return to Australia
12/11/1917- Disembarked Fremantle WA
03/12/1917- Discharged from Service ( Medically Unfit ).
SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED
1914/15 Star- Medal No. 4615
British War Medal – No. 5642
Victory Medal – No. 56312
Military Medal
RECOMMENDATION/AWARD OF MILITARY MEDAL
Date of Recommendation- 12/12/1916- H.V. COX, Major-General , 4th Australian Division
Date of Award- 26/12/1916- W.R. BIRDWOOD- Lieut-General , Commanding Australian Army.
Action for which commended:-
” Early on morning of 4th June 1916 near Flers, this man, accompanied by Private. F. WALKER, was carrying despatches from the firing line to Battalion Headquarters , under heavy shell fire; Private WALKER was wounded and he dressed him in the open, assisted him to shelter, then taking WALKER’S despatches with his own, he delivered them to Battalion Headquarters, then returned through shell fire to his Company. He showed consistent coolness and bravery at all times under fire “.