War service: Western Front

Disembarked Devonport, England, 24 October 1916.

Found guilty, Camp Sling, 28 October 1916, of overstaying pass from 2 am to 3.30 pm, 28 October 1916: reduced to the ranks and forfeited 1 day's pay.

Proceeded overseas to France from Camp Sling, 15 November 1916; joined 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2 December 1916, and posted to 13th Company.

Found guilty, 9 January 1917, of being absent from billet after 8.30 pm until 8.50 pm: forfeited 2 days' pay.

Found guilty, 27 February 1917, (1) of being absent without leave from roll call at 8.30 pm to 8.45 pm; and (2) urinating in billet: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Admitted to hospital, 13 April 1917; transferred to Base Depot, 16 April 1917 (no further details recorded).

Detached to NZ Base Depot, 26 April 1917.

Admitted to hospital, 12 May 1917 (neurasthenia); transferred to Base Depot, 19 May 1917.Detached to No 4 Veterinary Hospital, Calais, 8 June 1917.

Detached to NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 15 August 1917.

Married Lilian Maud Nickells, spinster, at St Mary's Church, Newton Abbot, Devon, 16 March 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board 'Mokoia', 30 May 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 3 October 1918.

Total war service: 3 years 234 days (of which 1 year 330 days was abroad)