War service: posted to unit, Mudros, 3 October 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Left for Canal Zone, 23 January 1916.

Appointed Temporary Corporal, Bir el Maler, 1 September 1916; relinquished rank of Temporary Corporal, 16 November 1916; appointed Lance Corporal, Bir el Mazar, 18 November 1916; promoted Corporal, 24 January 1918.

Admitted to NZ Mounted Field Ambulance, 3 June 1917; transferred to Anzac Rest Station, 6 June 1917 (debility); rejoined unit, in the field, 15 June 1917.

Appointed Temporary Sergeant, 1 November 1917; relinquished appointment as Temporary Sergeant, 14 November 1917; promoted Lance Sergeant, 15 November 1917.

Detached to School of Instruction, 6 December 1917; rejoined unit, 1 January 1918; average of exams in 33rd Course: 88%.

Promoted Sergeant, in the field, 18 December 1917.

Transferred to Training Regiment, 28 April 1918.

Attended School of Instruction, Moascar, 23 June-13 July 1918: passed as 'Good' at NCOs' course.

Detached to Australian Isolation Camp, Moascar, 23 June 1918; rejoined unit, 13 July 1918.

Transferred to NZ Mounted Rifles Brigade, in the field, 2 September 1918.

Admitted to 31st Casualty Clearing Station, 9 October 1918; transferred to 76th Casualty Clearing Station (malaria); to 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 10 October 1918; to 27th General Hospital, Abbassia, 12 October 1918; to Aotea Convalescent Home, Heliopolis, 22 October 1918; discharged to Base Depot, 2 November 1918; marched out to Mounted Rifles Brigade, in the field, 17 November 1918.

Appointed Temporary Squadron Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer Class II), 20 November 1918; relinquished appointment as Temporary Squadron Sergeant Major, 11 January 1919.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HT 'Ulimaroa', 30 June 1919; discharged, 5 September 1919.

Total war service: 4 years 203 days (of which 4 years 58 days were abroad)