War service: Egypt, Western Front, Mesopotamia, Persia

Enlisted with rank of trooper and posted to D Squadron, 13th New Zealand Mounted Rifles Reinforcements, Trentham Camp, Upper Hutt, 15 February 1916.

Promoted rank of Lance-Corporal, 24 February 1916.

Transferred to the New Zealand Cyclist Company, 4 April 1916.

Proceeded overseas from Wellington with the New Zealand Cyclist Company as part of the 12th Reinforcements on board HMNZT No 52 'Mokoia', 6 May 1916.

Disembarked with unit at Suez, Egypt, 22 June 1916.

Proceeded overseas with unit from Alexandria for Marseilles on board HMT 'Tunisian', 10 July 1916. Disembarked at Marseilles, France, and entrained for Hazebrouck, Flanders, 17 July 1916.

Attached to I ANZAC Corps Headquarters, 20 October 1916.

Rejoined unit from I ANZAC Corps Headquarters, in the field, 18 June 1917.

Detached to Lewis Gun School, 21 July 1917.

Proceeded on 10 days leave to United Kingdom, 8 August 1917; returned from leave and rejoined unit, in the field, 20 August 1917.

Promoted to rank of Corporal, 4 September 1917.

Attached to Headquarters NZEF, London, for duty with Dunsterforce, 13 January 1918.

Promoted to rank of Sergeant, 28 January 1918.

Embarked on board SS 'Viper' and proceeded overseas, Southampton, 29 January 1918; disembarked Cherbourg, France, 30 January 1918.

Embarked on board SS 'Malwa' and proceeded overseas, Taranto, Italy, 10 February 1918.

Embarked on board HMT 'Nile' and proceeded overseas, Suez, Egypt, 17 February 1918.

Embarked on board HMT 'Erinpura' and proceeded from Kuwait up the Shatt al Arab river and disembarked at Basra, Mesopotamia, 2 March 1918.

Joined Dunsterforce for duty, Baghdad, 19 March 1918.

Admitted to hospital, in the field, 29 July 1918; discharged to duty, 31 July 1918.

Admitted to Hospital, Bijar, 1 September 1918; discharged to duty, 4 September 1918.

Marched in to Dunsterforce Depot, Magle{?} 1 January 1919.

Embarked for passage to England per HMT 'Bandra' to rejoin unit and struck off the strength of Dunsterforce, Basrah, 12 January 1919.

Embarked for passage to New Zealand via Australia per HMT 'Ceramic', Colombo, Ceylon, 19 February 1919. Disembarked from HMT 'Ceramic' in Sydney, Australia, 23 March 1919. Embarked for passage to New Zealand on board SS 'Manuka', Sydney, 29 March 1919.

Disembarked Wellington, 4 April 1919.

Discharged on termination of period of engagement, 2 May 1919.

Total war service: 3 years 77 days (of which 2 years 334 days were overseas).