War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Admitted to Lowland Casualty Clearing Station, Mudros, 14 July 1915 (diarrhoea); discharged to duty, 26 July 1915, and to rejoin unit.

Admitted to No.1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, 26 August 1915 (tumor, renal region); embarked for England, 18 September 1915; to No.2 Western General Hospital, Manchester, 27 September 1915; to Lord Derby Military Hospital, Warrington, 29 October 1915; discharged to furlough, 25 November 1915 marched into NZ Base Depot, Grey Towers, 14 January 1916.

Admitted to No.2 NZ General Hospital, Walton on Thames, 26 May 1916; transferred to Convalescent Camp, Hornchurch, 18 August 1916; to Camp Hospital (venereal disease); discharged, 28 October 1916.

Found guilty, 27 December 1916, of (1) being in possession of khaki whilst a hospital patient; (2) having lights on after lights' out: awarded 14 days' confined to barracks.

Classified unfit, 28 March 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HMNZT 'Tainui', 26 April 1917.

Found guilty, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 24 May 1917,of while being on active service, being absent without leave from 1830 hours, 20 May 1917, until apprehended at 2015 hours: awarded 168 hours detention.

Disembarked New Zealand, 6 July 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit on account of illness contracted on active service), 3 August 1917.

Total war service: 2 years 333 days (of which 2 years 288 days were abroad).