War service: Western Front

Attached to 2nd Army School, 2 March 1917; rejoined Bn from attachment, 1 April 1917.

Attached to Working Bn, 24 April 1917.

Found guilty, 25 April 1917, of being absent without leave: awarded 3 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Rejoined Bn from attachment, 4 May 1917.

Found guilty, 13 July 1917 of being out of bounds, and of drunkenness: forfeited 14 days' pay.

Admitted to St John?s Ambulance Brigade Hospital, 19 March 1918 (pyrexia unknown origin: severe); transferred to NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 5 April 1918; to Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 16 April 1918; discharged on leave, 8 May 1918, to report to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 23 May 1918. Erroneously reported absent without leave. Admitted to King George Hospital, Dublin, 16 May 1918 (tonsillitis); transferred to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 1 June 1918; to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 3 July 1918; discharged on leave, 29 July 1918, to report to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 5 August 1918.

Found guilty, 9 August 1918, of being absent without leave: deprived of 2 days' pay, and forfeited further 2 days' pay.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, 10 August 1918; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 27 August 1918.

Found guilty, 19 October 1918, of being absent without leave: deprived of 1 day's pay, and forfeited a further 2 days' pay.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 22 October 1918 (influenza); discharged to duty, 9 November 1918.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, 1 December 1918 (influenza).

Commenced return to New Zealand on board 'Zealandic', 18 January 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active service), 14 March 1919.

Total war service: 3 years 36 days (of which 2 years 278 days were abroad).