War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Transferred to NZ Field Artillery, 6 March 1915.

Admitted to Mustapha Hospital, Alexandria, 16 August 1915 (injury to nose); rejoined 4th Howitzer Battery Ammunition Column, 2 September 1915.

Attached to NZ & Australia Base Depot, Mustapha, 28 September 1915.

Transferred to Wellington Battalion, 29 September 1915.

Proceeded overseas to the Dardanelles, 2 October 1915; taken on strength of Wellington Bn, Mudros, 12 October 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria with unit, 29 December 1915.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the British Expeditionary Force, 6 April 1916.

Found guilty of being absent without leave from 4 June 1916, until 7 June 1916: award, forfeits 7 days' pay.

Admitted to No.35 General Hospital, Calais, 27 June 1916 (venereal disease); discharged to Base Details, 28 August 1916; marched into NZ Infantry & General Base Depot, Etaples, 29 August 1916.

Admitted to No.21 General Hospital, Etaples, 8 October 1916 (skin disease), and proceeded to England the same day; to No.1 Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, 9 October 1916 (acute exzema); to No.2 NZ General Hospital, Walton on Thames, 6 December 1916; to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 10 January 1917; to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 2 February 1917; marched into 4th Reserve Bn, Sling Camp, 13 July 1917.

Rejoined unit, in the field, 11 August 1917.

Wounded in action, 13 August 1917 (shrapnel wound, left shoulder); admitted to No.4 NZ Field Ambulance, 14 August 1917, and transferred to No.2 Australian Casualty Clearing the same day; to No.57 General Hospital, St Venant, 15 August 1917; to No.7 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 18 August 1917; to No.7 Convalescent Depot, Ecault, 2 November 1917; rejoined unit, ex-Base, 13 January 1918.

Attached to No.3 Canadian Tunnelling Company, 16 January 1918; rejoined unit, 18 January 1918.

Promoted Lance Corporal, 11 March 1918.

Promoted Corporal, 19 March 1918.

Appointed Lance Sergeant, 10 April 1918.

To 3rd Army School, 29 June 1918; rejoined unit, 29 July 1918.

Wounded in action, 24 August 1918 (gunshot wound, left forearm & left buttock); admitted to No.1 NZ Field Ambulance, 24 August 1918 and transferred to No.29 Casualty Clearing Station the same day; to No.9 US General Hospital, Rouen, 25 August 1918; to England, 27 August 1918; to No.1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 28 August 1918; discharged 3 December 1918.

Admitted to No.3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 19 December 1918 (old wound).

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HT 'Zealandic', 18 January 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action: multiple gun shot wounds), 4 June 1919.

Total war service: 4 years 296 days (of which 4 years 136 days were abroad).