War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined unit at Mudros, 3 October 1915.

Admitted to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 4 December 1915 (diarrhea); transferred to Aotea Convalescent home, Heliopolis, 21 January 1916 (debility after enteritis); to Convalescent Camp, Zeitoun, 10 February 1916.

Transferred to NZ Field Artillery, 11 March 1916.

Transferred to 2nd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, 22 March 1916, and posted to 4th Company.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 9 April 1916.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 5 August 1916 (simple flesh wound, right foot; accidental), and transferred to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station; to 3rd Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 12 August 1916; discharged to No 7 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 14 August 1916; to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 19 August 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 24 August 1916.

Wounded in action, 15 September 1916 (shrapnel wound, left thigh), and admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, and transferred same day to 36th Casualty Clearing Station; to No 22 General Hospital, Camiers, 16 September 1916; to England, 23 September 1916, and admitted to 1st London General Hospital, 24 September 1916. Transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 19 October 1916.

Admitted to Devonshire Hospital, Buxton, 23 January 1917 (myalgia); transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 16 March 1917.

Classified unfit for Active Service by Medical Board, 5 April 1917, and placed on NZ Roll.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HT 'Tainui', 26 April 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of pre-enlistment [condition] aggravated by Active Service), 3 August 1917.

Total war service: 2 years 174 days (of which 1 year 327 days was abroad)