War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked, 17 April 1915.

Embarked Alexandria for Dardanelles, 28 August 1916.

Reported wounded, 28 August 1915 (gun shot wound, leg); admitted to HS Devanka, 29 August 1915; disembarked Malta and admitted to Cottonera Military Hospital, 4 September 1915.

Embarked for Egypt on HT Karoa, 17 October 1915; returned to duty, Mudros, 22 October 1915.

Left for Canal, 23 January 1916.

Transferred to No 4 Base Hospital, Somailia, 9 February 1916; admitted to No 1 Australian DARNET Hospital, Cairo, 9 February 1916.

Discharged to NZ Base Depot, Moascar, 11 April 1916; posted to NZ Mounted Rifle Training Regiment, Moascar, and relinquished appointment of Lance Corporal, 16 April 1916.

Transferred to 2nd Infantry Brigade, Tel-el-Kebir, 2 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria for France, 10 May 1916.

Attached to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 21 May 1916.

Joined 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, Armentieres, 15 June 1916.

Wounded in action, 29 June 1916 (gun shot wound, left shoulder; fractured hemerus); admitted No 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 30 June 1916; reported dangerously ill, 4 July 1916; embarked for England on board HS St Deuis, and admitted to 2nd London General Hospital, Chelsea, 7 July 1916; transferred to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockhurst, 1 September 1916; admitted to NZ Convalescent Home, Hornchurch, 29 September 1916.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Southampton on board HS 'Makeno', 28 October 1916; arrived New Zealand, 20 December 1916; discharged (no longer fit for War Service on account of wounds), 13 March 1917.

Total war service: 2 years 89 days (of which 1 year 248 days were abroad).