War service: Western Front

Enlisted with rank of private and posted to D Company, 32nd Reinforcements, Trentham Camp, Upper Hutt, 23 August 1917. Proceeded overseas from Wellington with 32nd Reinforcements on board HMNZT No 96 'Maunganui', 21 November 1917.

Disembarked Liverpool, England, 8 January 1918; marched into Sling Camp, Wiltshire, and taken on strength, 4th (Reserve) Battalion, The Otago Regiment, 8 January 1918. Marched out from Sling camp and proceeded overseas to France, 20 March 1918.

Disembarked and marched in to New Zealand Infantry and General Base Depot, Etaples, France, 24 March 1918. Marched out from New Zealand Infantry and General Base Depot, Etaples, to join 1st New Zealand Entrenching Battalion, 28 March 1918.

Taken on strength 2nd Battalion, The Otago Regiment and posted to 4th (Otago) Company, in the field, France, 14 April 1918.

Admitted to 2nd New Zealand Field Ambulance and transferred to 5th Casualty Clearing Station, 5 December 1918 (influenza); admitted to No 9 General Hospital, Rouen, 9 December 1918; evacuated to England on hospital ship, 16 December 1918; admitted to No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst, England, 17 December 1918; transferred from removed from No 1 New Zealand General Hospital to No 3 New Zealand General Hospital, Codford, 2 January 1919. Discharged from No 3 New Zealand General Hospital, Codford, and transferred to New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 23 January 1919; admitted to New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 12 February 1919. Classified 'B1' by Medical Board and discharged from New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 17 February 1919.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board SS 'Ruahine', 19 May 1919.

Arrived Wellington, New Zealand, 7 July 1919.

Discharged on termination of period of engagement, 5 August 1919.

Total war service: 1 year 348 days (of which 1 year 230 days were overseas).