Embarked, 13 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 20 December 1915.

Joined No 1 Company, NZ Army Service Corps, Cairo, 21 December 1915.

Admitted to 1st Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 31 January 1916 (influenza); rejoined unit, Moascar, 7 February 1916.

Embarked to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 9 April 1916.

Detached to Headquarters, Divisional Engineers, 18 August 1916; rejoined unit from detachment, 13 September 1916.

On leave to United Kingdom, 30 July 1917; rejoined Headquarters Company from leave, 13 August 1917.

Found guilty, 14 August 1917, of being absent without leave, 9 am, 11 August, till 9 am, 13 August 1917: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 3 days' pay under Royal Warrant.

Admitted to 25th Field Ambulance, 28 August 1917 (gastritis); transferred to 24th Field Ambulance, 10 September 1917; discharged to duty, 16 September 1917; rejoined Headquarters Company, 17 September 1917.

Admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, 23 October 1917 (seborrhoea eczema); transferred to 50th Casualty Clearing Station, 24 October 1917; to Ambulance Train No 27, 25 October 1917, and admitted to 56th General Hospital, Etaples, 26 October 1917; transferred to England, 1 November 1917, and admitted same day to 1st London General Hospital, Camberwell; transferred to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 21 January 1918; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford.

Mulct the sum of 8/- (cost of rail fare, Paddington-Codford), 27 February 1918.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 8 March 1918; marched in to NZ Command Depot from hospital, 23 March 1918.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 1 April 1918 (seborrhoea eczema); discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 7 May 1918.

Detailed On Command, War Records Section, London, 1 July 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France to join Headquarters, NZ Division, 28 October 1918, and promoted Sergeant.

Marched out to United Kingdom, 1 December 1918; attached on strength, NZ War Records Section, London, 8 December 1918.

Admitted to Endell Street Military hospital, London, 11 January 1919 (influenza);.

Transferred from War Records to Education Wing, 26 April 1919; course with Education Wing terminated, 23 July 1919.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board SS 'Tainui', 18 August 1919; disembarked Wellington, 21 September 1919; discharged, 19 October 1919.

War service: 4 years 56 days (of which 3 years 313 days were abroad)