War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

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

Admitted to hospital, 12 May 1915 (diarrhoea); transferred to No.1 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 8 June 1915 (dysentery); to Lady Godley's Convalescent Home, 12 June 1915; discharged to Base Depot, Mustapha, 19 July 1915.

Proceeded overseas to Dardanelles, 21 July 1915; rejoined unit, Anzac Cove, 28 July 1915.

Wounded in action, 8 August 1915 (gunshot wound, buttocks); admitted to HS 'Alaunia', date not stated; transferred to NZ General Hospital, Abbassia, 14 August 1915; to England, 15 September 1915; to Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, 25 September 1915; discharged to furlough, 29 October 1915; marched into depot, Weymouth, 24 November 1915.

Marched into Base Depot, Grey Towers, 11 January 1916.

Rejoined unit, in the field, France, 7 July 1916.

Wounded in action, 16 September 1916 (shrapnel wound, thigh); admitted to XV Corps Main Dressing Station, 20 September 1916 (date incorrectly stated on form); transferred to No.6 General Hospital, Rouen, 19 September 1916; to England, 20 September 1916; to No.1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 21 September 1916; to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 21 October 1916.

Attached to Sling Camp, 17 December 1916.

Still attached to Sling Camp, 14 September 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HMT 'Ruapehu', 9 January 1919; discharged (no longer fit for war service on account of wounds received in action - gunshot wound, right hip), 11 July 1919.

Total war service: 4 years 325 days (of which 4 years 217 days were abroad).