War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 13 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 20 December 1915.

Admitted to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 29 December 1915 (not yet diagnosed); discharged to Base Details, Zeitoun, 8 January 1916.

Joined Wellington Infantry Bn, Ismailia, 20 February 1916.

Admitted to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 16 March 1916; rejoined Bn, 2 April 1916.

Sick to hospital, 5 April 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 18 April 1916.

Admitted to 12th Casualty Clearing Station, 18 April 1916 (synovitis, knee); transferred to NZ General Hospital, Etaples; to England, 12 May 1916, and admitted to No 2 London General Hospital, Chelsea, 13 May 1916; transferred to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 20 May 1916; to Woodcote Hospital, 26 June 1916; to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 9 August 1916.

Found guilty, 21 November 1916, of being absent without leave: forfeited 2 days' pay.

Proceeded overseas to France from Sling Camp, 1 March 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 27 May 1917.

Wounded in action, 7 June 1917 (gun shot wound, right arm), and admitted to 77th Field Ambulance; transferred same day to 11th Casualty Clearing Station; to No 20 General Hospital, Camiers, 8 June 1917; to England, 11 June 1917, and admitted same day to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 9 July 1917; to No 3 NZ General Hospital (Venereal Section: gonorrhoea), Codford, 10 July 1917; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 10 July 1917.

Readmitted to Venereal Disease Section, No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 1 September 1917; admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital (Venereal Section), Codford, 3 October 1917; discharged from VD Section, 17 November 1917.

Attached on strength, NZ Command Depot, 28 November 1917;

Proceeded overseas to France; marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 24 March 1918; transferred to No 1 NZ Entrenching Bn, 26 March 1918; transferred to No 2 NZ Entrenching Bn, 29 March 1918; joined No 1 NZ Entrenching Bn, in the field, 19 May 1918.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 30 August 1918 (debility); rejoined 1st Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, in the field, 2 September 1918.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 12 October 1918 (gun shot wound, chest and abdomen), and admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance; transferred same day to No 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station; to No 3 Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 14 October 1918; to England, 15 October 1918, and admitted to Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, 16 October 1918; discharged from hospital, 26 November 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HT 'Ajana', 7 February 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action), 23 April 1919.

Total war service: 3 years 243 days (of which 3 years 133 days were abroad)