'During the enemy attack on the Colincamps front on the 5th April, he was acting as No. 1 of his sub section. The gun was completely in the open and for two hours the battery position was subjected to heavy hostile shelling. Two of his detachment were wounded but he kept his gun in action at full rate throughout the whole attack. His courage and coolness at this critical time were a splendid example and were responsible in a large measure for the courage and devotion to duty displayed by the remnants of his detachment.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 29 August 1918

Regimental number	13/484
Address	Hauraki Road, Birkenhead, Auckland
Marital status	Single
Next of kin	Mrs Annie Mayall, Birkenhead, Auckland
Rank on embarkation	Trooper
Enlistment status	Volunteer
Unit name	New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Auckland on 16 October 1914
	The Auckland Mounted Rifles, Main Body, left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 8 'Star of India' and HMNZT 12 'Waimana'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Medals	Military Medal 'During the enemy attack on the Colincamps front on the 5th April, he was acting as No. 1 of his sub section. The gun was completely in the open and for two hours the battery position was subjected to heavy hostile shelling. Two of his detachment were wounded but he kept his gun in action at full rate throughout the whole attack. His courage and coolness at this critical time were a splendid example and were responsible in a large measure for the courage and devotion to duty displayed by the remnants of his detachment.' Source: London Gazette Date: 29 August 1918
Miscellaneous details	Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Main Body