War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 20 December 1915.

Taken on strength, 2nd Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, 6 February 1916, and posted to B Company, Ismailia.

Transferred to Auckland Infantry Regiment, 23 March 1916.

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

Admitted to No 2 Field Ambulance, 13 May 1916 (mumps), and transferred to No 12 Casualty Clearing Station, Hazebrouck; to No 7 General Hospital, St Omer, 13 May 1916; discharged to duty, 3 June 1916.

Admitted to 13th Stationary Hospital, St Omer, 11 July 1916 (enlarged glands); discharged to No 1 Convalescent Depot, 16 July 1916; forfeited 2 days' pay, 17 July 1916; to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 18 July 1916; rejoined 2nd Bn, in the field, 30 July 1916.

Reported missing, believed wounded, 17 September 1916; admitted to 26th General Hospital, Etaples, 17 September 1916 (multiple gun shot wounds, head, left shoulder); transferred to England, 21 September 1916, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 23 September 1916; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 24 January 1917.

Forfeited 1 day's pay, 25 January 1917.

Forfeited 3 days' pay, 26 February 1917.

Attached on strength to NZ Convalescent Depot, Codford, 10 March 1917.

Admitted to Venereal Section, Codford, 27 March 1917; discharged, 29 May 1917.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 26 July 1917 (old gun shot wound); attached to NZ Convalescent Depot, Codford, 10 August 1917.

Transferred to NZ Pioneer Bn, Sling Camp, 1 September 1917.

Found guilty, 25 September 1917, of when on Active Service overstaying leave from 8.30 pm, 22 September, till 7.20 am, 24 September 1917: forfeited 3 days' pay under Royal Warrant.

Proceeded overseas to France, 6 October 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 24 October 1917.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 3 January 1918 (gun shot wound, thigh), and admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, and transferred to 10th Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 7, 9 January 1918, and admitted to 83rd General Hospital, Boulogne, 10 January 1918; transferred to England, 12 January 1918, and admitted to Military Hospital, Endell Street, London; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 18 February 1918; to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 10 May 1918; to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 19 June 1918; discharged to NZ Convalescent Depot, Codford, 3 July 1918.

Found guilty, 3 January 1919, of (1) being drunk; (2) striking Lance Corporal Diplock: awarded 28 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board SS 'Westmoreland', 28 February 1919; discharged (termination of period of engagement), 4 May 1919.

War service: 3 years 254 days (of which 3 years 145 days were abroad)